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Fluoridation

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

The act or process of adding fluoride to something, especially water.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Portuguêsfluoretação
日本語フッ化
6 more languages
Catalàfluoració
Ελληνικάφθορίωση
Bahasa Indonesiafluoridasi
Slovenčinafluoridácia

Examples

“Israel's decision to ban fluoridation follows a vote to preclude the practice in Portland, Ore., and Wichita, Kan. It was also recently overturned in Hamilton, the fourth most populous city in New Zealand.”
Proposed restrictions on fluoridation in New Hampshire, Tennessee and North Dakota were rejected. A measure in Kentucky to make fluoridation optional stalled in the state Senate.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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