"powellize" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: powellizes [present, singular, third-person], powellizing [participle, present], powellized [participle, past], powellized [past]
Etymology: From Powell + -ize, after the inventor of the process. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Powell|ize}} Powell + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} powellize (third-person singular simple present powellizes, present participle powellizing, simple past and past participle powellized)
  1. (transitive) To preserve (wood) by saturating it with a solution of beet sugar and then drying it with artificial heat. Tags: transitive

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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