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desalting

desalting is the present participle and gerund of desalt.

Meaning of desalt

Verb

desalt (third-person singular simple present desalts, present participle desalting, simple past and past participle desalted)

  1. (transitive) To remove salt from; to desalinate.

Noun

desalting (plural desaltings)

  1. A process in which salt is removed from a material; desalination

Forms of desalting

pluraldesaltings

Questions about desalting

What does desalting mean?
Desalting means a process in which salt is removed from a material; desalination.
What is desalting the present participle and gerund of?
Desalting is the present participle and gerund of desalt.
What part of speech is desalting?
Desalting is a noun.
What is the plural of desalting?
The plural of desalting is desaltings.

Words near desalting in the dictionary

  1. desalivated
  2. desalt
  3. desalted
  4. desalter
  5. desalters
  6. desalting
  7. desaltings
  8. desalts
  9. DeSalvo
  10. DeSalvos
  11. desaminotyrosine

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Adapted from Wiktionary: desalting (page history and authors); desalt (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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