Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

deseed

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: de-seed
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To remove seed or seeds from.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"A small part of the straw is deseeded as it is delivered; the rest is deseeded by January."
"For example, one grower in Georgia has reported that he not only markets his muscadines on the fresh market, but also deseeds and extracts the juice from the pulp and skins, freezes it, and sells it to a commercial winery."
"Slice and deseed the capsicum into 5mm (1⁄4in) strips to make roughly 1⁄4 of a cup"

Etymology

From de- + seed.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: de

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

deseeds (present, singular) deseeding (participle, present) deseeded (participle, past) deseeded (past)

Derived Forms

deseeder

Questions

What does deseed mean?: To remove seed or seeds from.
Where does deseed come from?: From de- + seed.

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