Adjective chelate has 2 senses
  1. chelate, chelated - relating to or characterized by chelation
  2. chelate - having or resembling chelae or claws
,Noun chelate has 1 sense
  1. chelate, chelate compound - a heterocyclic compound having a metal ion attached by coordinate bonds to at least two nonmetal ions
    --1 is a kind of heterocyclic compound, heterocyclic, heterocycle
    Derived form: verb chelate1
,Verb chelate has 1 sense
  1. chelate - form a chelate, in chemistry
    --1 is one way to
    form, constitute, make
    Derived forms: noun chelation1, noun chelation2, noun chelate1
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
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