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presoak

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pre-soak
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To soak in advance.

Transitive verb

verb

To soak laundry in cold water prior to washing, sometimes with the addition of a biological or other preparation.

Transitive verb

noun

An initial soak.

noun

A preparation used in such a soak.

noun

A cycle of a washing machine during which this occurs.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English soak English presoak From pre- + soak.

Usage

Inflected Forms

presoaks (present, singular) presoaking (participle, present) presoaked (participle, past) presoaked (past) presoaks (plural)

Questions

What does presoak mean?
To soak in advance.
Where does presoak come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English soak English presoak From pre- + soak.

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