Associations to the word «Comminute»

Wiktionary

COMMINUTE, verb. To pulverize; to smash.
COMMINUTE, verb. (medicine) To cause fragmentation (of bone).
COMMINUTE, verb. To break into smaller portions.
COMMINUTE, noun. Pulverized material.

Dictionary definition

COMMINUTE, verb. Reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading; "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats