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descaling

descaling is the present participle and gerund of descale.

Meaning of descale

Verb

descale (third-person singular simple present descales, present participle descaling, simple past and past participle descaled)

  1. To remove scale from the surface of a metal, especially from the inner surfaces of boilers etc.
  2. To remove the scales from a fish etc.
    Synonyms:
    scale, unscale

Noun

descaling (usually uncountable, plural descalings)

  1. (usually) The removal of scale from the surface of a metal, especially from the inner surfaces of boilers etc.

Forms of descaling

pluraldescalings

Questions about descaling

What does descaling mean?
Descaling means the removal of scale from the surface of a metal, especially from the inner surfaces of boilers etc.
What is descaling the present participle and gerund of?
Descaling is the present participle and gerund of descale.
What part of speech is descaling?
Descaling is a noun.
What is the plural of descaling?
The plural of descaling is descalings.

Words near descaling in the dictionary

  1. descale
  2. descaled
  3. descaler
  4. descalers
  5. descales
  6. descaling
  7. descalings
  8. Descalzi
  9. descan
  10. descanning
  11. descanso

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Adapted from Wiktionary: descaling (page history and authors); descale (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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