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descale

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
descale
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To remove scale from the surface of a metal, especially from the inner surfaces of boilers etc.

verb

To remove the scales from a fish etc.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Indo-European *skend-der. Proto-Indo-European *(s)kn̥d-sleh₂ Proto-Italic *skand-slā Latin scālabor. Middle English scale English scale English descale From de- + scale.

Inflected Forms

descales (present, singular) descaling (participle, present) descaled (participle, past) descaled (past)

Derived Forms

descaler undescaled

Synonyms

scale unscale

Questions

What does descale mean?
To remove scale from the surface of a metal, especially from the inner surfaces of boilers etc.
Where does descale come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Indo-European *skend-der. Proto-Indo-European *(s)kn̥d-sleh₂ Proto-Italic *skand-slā Latin scālabor. Middle English scale English scale English descale From de- + scale.

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