impurity
Collocations
4ADJ.
beautiful, jewish, linguistic, other
VERB + IMPURITY
cause
PREP.
in
ADV.
only
Definitions
noun
The condition of being impure; because of contamination, pollution, adulteration or insufficient purification.
Even animals in the Jewish system cause impurity only when they are dead.
A component or additive that renders something else impure.
The impurities in the iron ore made extraction of the iron very difficult.
An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine.
A state of immorality or sin; especially the weakness of the flesh: inchastity.
With his cheating, lying and stealing, he epitomised the impurity of humanity.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — the condition of being impure
- impureness
noun — worthless or dangerous material that should be removed
Antonyms
- purity
- pureness
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6Even animals in the Jewish system cause impurity only when they are dead.
WiktionaryThe impurities in the iron ore made extraction of the iron very difficult.
WiktionaryAn artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine.
WiktionaryThe left is abandoning issues like this entirely out of timidity, avoidance of impurity, or some other reason.
Tatoeba · #10359350A silicon crystal with a band gap in which an impurity level is created near the top of the valence band has hole conductivity.
Tatoeba · #10725671Impurity is beautiful.
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