"degomble" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: degombles [present, singular, third-person], degombling [participle, present], degombled [participle, past], degombled [past]
Etymology: de- + gomble (“accretion of snow”) Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|de|gomble|t2=accretion of snow}} de- + gomble (“accretion of snow”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} degomble (third-person singular simple present degombles, present participle degombling, simple past and past participle degombled)
  1. (Antarctica) To remove accreted snow before entering a building. Categories (topical): Snow

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for degomble meaning in English (2.6kB)

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