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dry-cure

dry-cure verb: to preserve food using salt, and sometimes sodium nitrite.

Verb

dry-cure (third-person singular simple present dry-cures, present participle dry-curing, simple past and past participle dry-cured)

  1. (transitive) To preserve food using salt, and sometimes sodium nitrite.

Forms of dry-cure

third-person singular presentdry-cures
present participledry-curing
past participledry-cured
pastdry-cured

Questions about dry-cure

What does dry-cure mean?
Dry-cure means to preserve food using salt, and sometimes sodium nitrite.
What part of speech is dry-cure?
Dry-cure is a verb.
What is the past tense of dry-cure?
The past tense of dry-cure is dry-cured.

Words near dry-cure in the dictionary

  1. dry-cleaned
  2. dry-cleaner
  3. dry-cleaners
  4. dry-cleaning
  5. dry-cleans
  6. dry-cure
  7. dry-cured
  8. dry-cures
  9. dry-curing
  10. dry-dock
  11. dry-docks

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