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[ adjective ] subjected to a special process or treatment

Examples

"prepared ergot" "processed cheeses are easy to spread"

Used in print

(LeRoy Fothergill, "Biological Warfare", in Peter...)

America is rapidly becoming a nation that uses processed , precooked and even predigested foods .

Related terms

prepared

2
[ adjective ] freed from impurities by processing

Synonyms

refined

Examples

"refined sugar" "refined oil" "to gild refined gold"- Shakespeare

Related terms

unrefined

3
[ adjective ] prepared or converted from a natural state by subjecting to a special process

Examples

"processed ores"

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