Word
Sterile
How many syllables?
2 Syllables
How it's divided?
ster-ile
Definition
- a. - Producing little or no crop; barren; unfruitful;
unproductive; not fertile; as, sterile land; a sterile desert; a
sterile year.
- a. - Incapable of reproduction; unfitted for reproduction of
offspring; not able to germinate or bear fruit; unfruitful; as, a
sterile flower, which bears only stamens.
- a. - Free from reproductive spores or germs; as, a sterile
fluid.
- a. - Fig.: Barren of ideas; destitute of sentiment; as, a
sterile production or author.
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