HyperDic: air-slake

English > 1 sense of the word air-slake:
VERBchangeair-slakealter by exposure to air with conversion at least in part to a carbonate
English > air-slake: 1 sense > verb 1, change
MeaningAlter by exposure to air with conversion at least in part to a carbonate.
PatternSomebody ----s something
Example"air-slake lime"
Broaderslack, slakeCause to heat and crumble by treatment with water

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