"desalt" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: desalts [present, singular, third-person], desalting [participle, present], desalted [participle, past], desalted [past]
Etymology: From de- + salt. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|de|salt}} de- + salt Head templates: {{en-verb}} desalt (third-person singular simple present desalts, present participle desalting, simple past and past participle desalted)
  1. (transitive) To remove salt from; to desalinate. Wikipedia link: desalination Tags: transitive Synonyms: desalinate, desalinise, desalinize Translations (to remove salt from): dessaler (French), entsalzen (German), התפיל (hitpíl) (Hebrew), dessalizar (Ido), dissalare (Italian), отсолува (otsoluva) (Macedonian), odsalać (Polish), dessalgar (Portuguese), desăra (Romanian), desolnaene (Zazaki)
    Sense id: en-desalt-en-verb-J6we5DLX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with de-

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive) To remove salt from; to desalinate."
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          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "to remove salt from",
          "word": "dessaler"
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          "sense": "to remove salt from",
          "word": "entsalzen"
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          "sense": "to remove salt from",
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          "sense": "to remove salt from",
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          "sense": "to remove salt from",
          "word": "dissalare"
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          "roman": "otsoluva",
          "sense": "to remove salt from",
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          "code": "pl",
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          "sense": "to remove salt from",
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          "sense": "to remove salt from",
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          "sense": "to remove salt from",
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      "sense": "to remove salt from",
      "word": "dessaler"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to remove salt from",
      "word": "entsalzen"
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      "sense": "to remove salt from",
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      "sense": "to remove salt from",
      "word": "dessalizar"
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      "sense": "to remove salt from",
      "word": "dissalare"
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      "sense": "to remove salt from",
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      "sense": "to remove salt from",
      "word": "odsalać"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to remove salt from",
      "word": "dessalgar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to remove salt from",
      "word": "desăra"
    },
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      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "to remove salt from",
      "word": "desolnaene"
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  "word": "desalt"
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