DESCALE

scale, descale

(verb) remove the scales from; “scale fish”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

descale (third-person singular simple present descales, present participle descaling, simple past and past participle descaled)

To remove scale from the surface of a metal, especially from the inner surfaces of boilers etc.

To remove the scales from a fish etc.

Synonym: scale

Anagrams

• seedlac

Source: Wiktionary



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