descale
verb/ˌdiːˈskeɪl/
/ˌdiːˈskeɪl/
(British English)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they descale | /ˌdiːˈskeɪl/ /ˌdiːˈskeɪl/ |
| he / she / it descales | /ˌdiːˈskeɪlz/ /ˌdiːˈskeɪlz/ |
| past simple descaled | /ˌdiːˈskeɪld/ /ˌdiːˈskeɪld/ |
| past participle descaled | /ˌdiːˈskeɪld/ /ˌdiːˈskeɪld/ |
| -ing form descaling | /ˌdiːˈskeɪlɪŋ/ /ˌdiːˈskeɪlɪŋ/ |
- descale something to remove the scale (= the hard white material left on pipes, etc. by water when it is heated) from something
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