Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Coated with wax or resin.
  • adjective Having a cere.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Covered with wax.
  • In ornithology, same as cerate.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Covered with wax.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Covered with wax.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[From Latin cērātus; see cerate.]

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Latin ceratus, past participle of cerare to wax, from cera wax.

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Examples

  • The temperature had dipped down into the low fifties and the shrillness of the wind cut like a cerated knife.

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  • The temperature had dipped down into the low fifties and the shrillness of the wind cut like a cerated knife.

    A Love So Deep Suzetta Perkins 2007

  • The temperature had dipped down into the low fifties and the shrillness of the wind cut like a cerated knife.

    A Love So Deep Suzetta Perkins 2007

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