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powellize

powellize verb: to preserve (wood) by saturating it with a solution of beet sugar and then drying it with artificial heat.

Verb

powellize (third-person singular simple present powellizes, present participle powellizing, simple past and past participle powellized)

  1. (transitive) To preserve (wood) by saturating it with a solution of beet sugar and then drying it with artificial heat.

Forms of powellize

third-person singular presentpowellizes
present participlepowellizing
past participlepowellized
pastpowellized

Origin of powellize

From Powell + -ize, after the inventor of the process.

Questions about powellize

What does powellize mean?
Powellize means to preserve (wood) by saturating it with a solution of beet sugar and then drying it with artificial heat.
What part of speech is powellize?
Powellize is a verb.
What is the past tense of powellize?
The past tense of powellize is powellized.

Words near powellize in the dictionary

  1. Powellism
  2. Powellist
  3. Powellists
  4. powellite
  5. powellites
  6. powellize
  7. powellized
  8. powellizes
  9. powellizing
  10. Powelltown
  11. Powels

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