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deparaffinate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
de-paraf-fi-nate
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To remove paraffin from.

Etymology

From de- + paraffin + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Inflected Forms

deparaffinates (present, singular) deparaffinating (participle, present) deparaffinated (participle, past) deparaffinated (past)

Questions

What does deparaffinate mean?
To remove paraffin from.
Where does deparaffinate come from?
From de- + paraffin + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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