Crossword clues for desalinate
The Collaborative International Dictionary
desalinate \desalinate\ v. t. to remove the salt from, especially from water; as, it is necessary to desalinate sea water to make it fit to drink.
Note: several processes are in comon use for desalinating sea water. Distillation is effective, but expensive. Reverse osmosis is more economical.
Syn: desalt, desalinize.
Wiktionary
vb. To remove the salt from something, especially from seawater for use in a domestic water supply
WordNet
v. remove salt from; "desalinate water" [syn: desalt, desalinize, desalinise] [ant: salinate]
Usage examples of "desalinate".
Nuclear powered, the sub extracted oxygen by electrolysis and desalinated its drinking water.
At this same period there was a terrific pressure to discover some cheap and efficient way of desalinating water, because the whole of human civilization was facing an acute shortage of this hitherto taken for granted commodity.
A spigot entering from the other side provided desalinated seawater for drinking.
The algae naturally and continuously desalinated sea water, which was why its core was salty while its outer surface was wet with fresh water: it was oozing the fresh water out.
OTEC power goes to operate the air compressors for the attached farms and the rest goes for the production of desalinated water and other support uses.
In fact, in private, Kennedy berated his technical advisors for not producing recommendations for more tangible, down-to-earth scientific spectaculars, such as desalinating seawater.