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dewatered

dewatered is the simple past and past participle of dewater.

Meaning of dewater

Verb

dewater (third-person singular simple present dewaters, present participle dewatering, simple past and past participle dewatered)

  1. To remove water from.
    • In the 20ᵗʰ century, when the mechanical separation of impurities based upon specific gravity separations and the removal of fine coal particles which are difficult to handle and dewater became the technology of choice, the bituminous coal mining industry produced vast quantities of both gob and...2004, David A. Tillman, N. S. Harding, chapter 3, in Fuels of opportunity: characteristics and uses in combustion systems, →ISBN, page 89
    Synonyms:
    unwater § Synonyms

Questions about dewatered

What is dewatered the simple past and past participle of?
Dewatered is the simple past and past participle of dewater.

Words near dewatered in the dictionary

  1. dewatas
  2. dewater
  3. dewaterabilities
  4. dewaterability
  5. dewaterable
  6. dewatered
  7. dewaterer
  8. dewaterers
  9. dewatering
  10. dewaterings
  11. dewaters

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