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unsalt en · VERB

Etymology

From un- + salt, compare Dutch ontzouten.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To desalt.
   • Making hard soap by the hold method without unsalting. 1854, Philip Kurten, The Art of Manufacturing Soaps, Including the Most Recent Discoveries, page 139:
   • …saw off the knuckle bone and then unsalt the ham in a plentiful supply of water for twenty-four hours. 2017, Charles Ranhofer, The Epicurean: The Classic 1893 Cookbook, page 575:
   • Otherwise we could unstub a toe, unshatter a broken mirror, unsalt the salty soup […] 2005, David Stewart, The Chemistry of Essential Oils Made Simple: God's Love Manifest in Molecules, page 696:

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