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dehydroxylate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
de-hy-drox-y-late
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To remove a hydroxyl group

Example Sentences

Etymology

From de- + hydroxylate.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

dehydroxylates (present, singular) dehydroxylating (participle, present) dehydroxylated (participle, past) dehydroxylated (past)

Derived Forms

dehydroxylation

Questions

What does dehydroxylate mean?
To remove a hydroxyl group
Where does dehydroxylate come from?
From de- + hydroxylate.

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