expectorate

Domain: Universal Words

Part of speech: verb

[V] (formal) to cough and make PHLEGM come up from your lungs into your mouth so you can SPIT it out expectoration noun [U]

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This is a English–English dictionary entry.

Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.

This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.

Same word in other sources

expectorateEnglish›UyghurMain Dictionary expectorateEnglish›ChineseMain Dictionary expectorateEnglish›ChineseGetWord Corpus

Nearby in the dictionary

expansion expansionary expansionism expansive expatiate expatriate expect expectancy expectant expectation expectation of life

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