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dry-cures

dry-cures is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dry-cure.

Meaning of dry-cure

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.

Questions about dry-cures

What is dry-cures the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Dry-cures is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dry-cure.

Words near dry-cures in the dictionary

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

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