repellants

Meaning of repellants

plural noun
  1. a substance that deters insects or other pests from approaching or settling.
    a flea repellent
  2. a substance used to treat something, especially fabric or stone, so as to make it impervious to water.
    treat brick with a silicone water repellent

mid 17th century: from Latin repellent- ‘driving back’, from the verb repellere (see repel).

Information about repellants

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of repellants is: repellant.
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Hyphenation of repellants

re-pel-lants

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
  • repellants is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

Words that rhyme with repellants

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