Pronunciation: ' flä-ky ə - ˌ l ā t
Function: verb
Inflected Form: -lat · ed ; -lat · ing
Date: 1877
transitive verb : to cause to aggregate into a flocculent mass < flocculate clay particles>
intransitive verb : to become flocculent
– floc · cu · lant \ -l ə nt \ noun
– floc · cu · la · tion \ ˌ flä-ky ə - ' l ā -sh ə n \ noun
– floc · cu · la · tor \ ' flä-ky ə - ˌ l ā -t ə r \ noun