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WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)
substrate
/ˈsʌbstɹeɪt/
verb1 of 3
a substance which a catalyst or enzyme has an effect on
noun2 of 3
What an enzyme acts upon.
adjective3 of 3
Having very slight furrows.
Synonyms
Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0)