treated

  • (a) subjected to a physical (or chemical) treatment or action or agent
    • the sludge of treated sewage can be used as fertilizer
    • treated timbers resist rot
    • treated fabrics resist wrinkling
  • (a) given medical care or treatment
    • a treated cold is usually gone in 14 days; if left untreated it lasts two weeks
  • (a) made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment
    • a sword of tempered steel
    • tempered glass
    tempered, hardened, toughened,

Synonyms

tempered hardened toughened

Antonyms

untreated unhardened untempered

See also

processed

Words of close approximity

treater
treaty
treater