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desiccate
[ des-i-keyt ]
verb (used with object)
- to dry thoroughly; dry up.
- to preserve (food) by removing moisture; dehydrate.
verb (used without object)
- to become thoroughly dried or dried up.
desiccate
/ ˈɛɪˌɪ /
verb
- tr to remove most of the water from (a substance or material); dehydrate
- tr to preserve (food) by removing moisture; dry
- intr to become dried up
desiccate
/ ĕ′ĭ-′ /
- To remove the moisture from something or dry it thoroughly.
- ◆ A desiccator is a container that removes moisture from the air within it.
- ◆ A desiccator contains a desiccant, a substance that traps or absorbs water molecules. Some desiccants include silica gel (silicon dioxide), calcium sulfate (dehydrated gypsum), calcium oxide (calcined lime), synthetic molecular sieves (porous crystalline aluminosilicates), and dried clay.
Derived Forms
- ˈپ, adjective
- ˌˈپDz, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- i·tDz noun
- i·t adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of desiccate1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of desiccate1
Example Sentences
Extreme heat in the summer and fall desiccated shrubs and grasses on hillsides, they said, enabling those fuels to burn more intensely once ignited.
For others, they’ll begin the expensive and isolating work of reestablishing in a desiccated community.
Climate change is real and it is flooding, burning, battering and desiccating California, the country and the world on a daily basis.
Severe fire weather is being fed in part by desiccated vegetation.
Many of the lemon trees remain, as if untouched; others were wiped out completely, the hills where they stood blackened and desiccated.
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