descale

English

Etymology

From de- +‎ scale.

Verb

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

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

   Synonyms: scale, unscale

Derived terms

• descaler
• undescaled

 

Translations

remove scale from a boiler

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 去垢 (qùgòu)

• German: entkalken (de)
• Luxembourgish: entkalleken
• Spanish: descalcificar (es), desincrustar (es)

remove the scales from a fish

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 去鱗／去鳞 (qùlín)

• German: entschuppen (de)

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