desalt

American  

[dee-sawlt] / diˈsɔlt /

verb (used with object)

1. to remove the salt from (especially sea water), usually to make it drinkable.

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Other Word Forms

• desalter noun

Etymology

Origin of desalt

First recorded in 1905–10; de- + salt ¹

Example Sentences

“You purify and you desalt at the same time.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2022

He thinks it will be necessary to shoot silver iodide into the clouds in an effort to make it rain or to build plants to desalt ocean water.

From Scientific American • Jun. 16, 2015

If U.S. scientists can develop a practical, economic way to desalt sea water, they will not only ease such regional problems as drought, but will generate demand for many kinds of machines and human skills.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thus, President Johnson flew to Manhattan last month for a fund-raising dinner for Israel's Weizmann Institute, announced that the U.S. would help Israel desalt sea water with nuclear energy.

From Time Magazine Archive

Carrier Corp. is testing a promising new method at a $150,000 pilot plant that will desalt water by freezing it, trapping salt crystals between fresh-water ice crystals.

From Time Magazine Archive