Comminuted

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈkÉ’mɪnjuːtɪd/

Origin

From comminute + -ed.

Full definition of comminuted

Adjective

1. Reduced to small particles or to powder, as by crushing or pulverizing.
• 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 53:Hawaiian sand is utterly different: it is comminuted coral and algae, the broken detritus of a hundred thousand storms washed up against the land.

Synonyms

• triturated

Verb

1. comminuted

   (past of comminute)