DEMINERALIZE
Dictionary entry overview: What does demineralize mean?
• DEMINERALIZE (verb)
The verb DEMINERALIZE has 1 sense:
1. remove the minerals or salts from
Familiarity information: DEMINERALIZE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DEMINERALIZE (verb)
Meaning:
Remove the minerals or salts from
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
demineralise; demineralize
Context example:
demineralize water
Hypernyms (to "demineralize" is one way to...):
remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)
Domain category:
chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)
Sentence frames:
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