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decolorize

UK/diːˈkʌləɹaɪz/

decolorize verb: to remove the color from.

Verb

decolorize (third-person singular simple present decolorizes, present participle decolorizing, simple past and past participle decolorized)

  1. (US, transitive) To remove the color from.
  2. (US, intransitive) To lose one’s color.
    • According to Rühm fresh milk remains blue for 12 hours or more, and infected milk decolorizes in less than one hour.1912 November, Edwin Henry Schorer, “Experimental Studies on Milk”, in Ludvig Hektoen, Edwin O. Jordan, editors, The Journal of Infectious Diseases, volume II, number 3, page 331

decolorize meaning in Bengali

decolorize in Bengali

থেকে রঙ অপসারণ করা, নিজের রঙ হারানো

Forms of decolorize

third-person singular presentdecolorizes
present participledecolorizing
past participledecolorized
pastdecolorized
alternative formdecolourise
alternative formdecolourize
alternative formdecolorise

Origin of decolorize

From de- + color + -ize.

Words formed from decolorize

Questions about decolorize

What does decolorize mean?
Decolorize means to remove the color from.
What is decolorize in Bengali?
Decolorize in Bengali is থেকে রঙ অপসারণ করা, নিজের রঙ হারানো. See Decolorize meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is decolorize?
Decolorize is a verb.
How do you pronounce decolorize?
Decolorize is pronounced /diːˈkʌləɹaɪz/ (UK).
What is the past tense of decolorize?
The past tense of decolorize is decolorized.

Words near decolorize in the dictionary

  1. decolorisers
  2. decolorises
  3. decolorising
  4. decolorization
  5. decolorizations
  6. decolorize
  7. decolorized
  8. decolorizer
  9. decolorizers
  10. decolorizes
  11. decolorizing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: decolorize (page history and authors); decolorize (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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