DEMINERALISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does demineralise mean? 

• DEMINERALISE (verb)
  The verb DEMINERALISE has 1 sense:

1. remove the minerals or salts from

  Familiarity information: DEMINERALISE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEMINERALISE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they demineralise    ... he / she / it demineralises   
Past simple: demineralised   
Past participle: demineralised   
-ing form: demineralising   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Remove the minerals or salts from

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

demineralise; demineralize

Context example:

demineralize water

Hypernyms (to "demineralise" is one way to...):

remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)

Domain category:

chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

demineralisation (the removal of minerals and mineral salts from a liquid (especially from water))

demineralisation (abnormal loss of mineral salts (especially from bone))