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adjective

coagulate

transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid mass

In a sentence

Six example sentences with coagulate, each labelled with its topic.

  • The coagulated sample was useless to the laboratory, so a nurse drew fresh blood into a properly treated tube.

    Medicine

  • Heat leaves the egg white coagulated and opaque, a change no amount of cooling will ever undo.

    Science

  • Old varnish sat coagulated at the bottom of the jar, and the restorer strained it twice before use.

    Art

  • Lemon juice leaves the milk coagulated within minutes, and the curds are drained through cloth for fresh cheese.

    Cooking

  • Spilled oil coagulated in the cold water into thick mats that washed onto the beach for weeks.

    Environment

  • The gelatin coagulated in the bottle when the darkroom overheated, and the whole batch of plates had to be recoated.

    Photography

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