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tanalise

tanalise is the alternative form of tanalize.

Meaning of tanalize

Verb

tanalize (third-person singular simple present tanalizes, present participle tanalizing, simple past and past participle tanalized)

  1. (transitive) To treat with Tanalith (chromated copper arsenate), a wood preservative.
    • The Hall floor was completely removed and reconstructed with steel beams and tanalized timber joists, and refloored with a soft wood under-floor, and an English wainscot oak finish.1975, Oxford Stone Restored: The Work of the Oxford Historic Buildings Fund, 1957-1974, Oxford Historic Buildings Fund

Forms of tanalise

third-person singular presenttanalises
present participletanalising
past participletanalised
pasttanalised

Questions about tanalise

What is tanalise the alternative form of?
Tanalise is the alternative form of tanalize.

Words near tanalise in the dictionary

  1. Tanaka
  2. Tanakas
  3. Tanakh
  4. Tanakhic
  5. Tanala
  6. tanalise
  7. tanalised
  8. tanalises
  9. tanalising
  10. tanalize
  11. tanalized

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