autoclave

autoclave is a 9-letter English word with 3 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A kind of French stewpan with a steam-tight lid. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 18 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A kind of French stewpan with a steam-tight lid.
2. noun. a device for heating substances above their boiling point; used to manufacture chemicals or to sterilize surgical instruments

   Synonyms: steriliser, sterilizer

3. verb. subject to the action of an autoclave

Synonyms

steriliser, sterilizer

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in autoclave:

vacuolate

Common word forms

autoclaved, autoclaves, autoclaving

Words from these letters

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