Word Study
treated
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective treated has 3 senses
- treated(a = adj.all) Array - subjected to a physical (or chemical) treatment or action or agent; "the sludge of treated sewage can be used as fertilizer"; "treated timbers resist rot"; "treated fabrics resist wrinkling" Antonym: untreated
- treated(a = adj.all) Array - given medical care or treatment; "a treated cold is usually gone in 14 days; if left untreated it lasts two weeks" Antonym: untreated
- treated(a = adj.all) hardened, tempered, toughened - made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment; "a sword of tempered steel"; "tempered glass"
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