desalt

verb

de·​salt (ˌ)dē-ˈsȯlt How to pronounce desalt (audio)
desalted; desalting; desalts

transitive verb

: to remove salt from
desalter noun

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Over the past two decades, the vessel’s hull has been excavated, disassembled, dissected, catalogued, desalted, bathed and freeze-dried for preservation. — William Booth, Washington Post, 11 June 2023 But desalination is also a significant water source for U.S. coastal areas, which produce 11.2 percent of the world’s desalted H2O. Back in the 1930s, the first desalters boiled seawater to capture freshwater as condensation. — Ula Chrobak, Popular Science, 30 Dec. 2019

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First Known Use

circa 1904, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of desalt was circa 1904

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desalt

verb
de·​salt (ˈ)dē-ˈsȯlt How to pronounce desalt (audio)
: to remove salt from (as seawater)

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desalt

transitive verb
de·​salt (ˈ)dē-ˈsȯlt How to pronounce desalt (audio)
: to remove salt from
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