e·lu·tri·ate ( -l  tr - t )tr.v. e·lu·tri·at·ed, e·lu·tri·at·ing, e·lu·tri·ates 1. To purify, separate, or remove (ore, for example) by washing, decanting, and settling. 2. To wash away the lighter or finer particles of (soil, for example). [Latin elutri re, elutrit- (from *elutrium, vat, bath, from Greek *elutrion, diminutive of elutron, cover, sheath, tank; see elytron) or l trire (from *ltor, one who washes, from luere, to wash out; see elute).]e·lu tri·ation n. |
elutriate [ɪˈluːtrɪˌeɪt]
vb
(Chemistry) (tr) to purify or separate (a substance or mixture) by washing and straining or decanting
[from Latin ēlūtriāre to wash out, from ēluere, from ē- out + lavere to wash]
elutriation n
elutriator n
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