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dealcoholize

dealcoholize verb: to remove the alcohol from.

Verb

dealcoholize (third-person singular simple present dealcoholizes, present participle dealcoholizing, simple past and past participle dealcoholized)

  1. (transitive) To remove the alcohol from.
    • Selected wines were acidified with 0.1% TFA, dealcoholized using rotoevaporation that did not exceed 40°C, and then mixed with preconditioned amberlite XAD-7 resin to remove impurities.2015 September 29, “Berry Phenolic Compounds Increase Expression of Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor-1α (HNF-1α) in Caco-2 and Normal Colon Cells Due to High Affinities with Transcription and Dimerization...
    • But a slew of entrepreneurs think nonalcoholic wine is poised for an explosion, thanks to improvements in technology for “de-alcoholizing” wine and a growing interest in drinks that taste and feel grown up but aren’t boozy.2023 March 24, Laura Reiley, “Could nonalcoholic wine be the toast of the town?”, in The Washington Post

Forms of dealcoholize

third-person singular presentdealcoholizes
present participledealcoholizing
past participledealcoholized
pastdealcoholized

Origin of dealcoholize

From de- + alcoholize.

Questions about dealcoholize

What does dealcoholize mean?
Dealcoholize means to remove the alcohol from.
What part of speech is dealcoholize?
Dealcoholize is a verb.
What is the past tense of dealcoholize?
The past tense of dealcoholize is dealcoholized.

Words near dealcoholize in the dictionary

  1. dealcoholised
  2. dealcoholises
  3. dealcoholising
  4. dealcoholization
  5. dealcoholizations
  6. dealcoholize
  7. dealcoholized
  8. dealcoholizes
  9. dealcoholizing
  10. deale
  11. dealed

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