DESICCATE in a Sentence
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Example sentences for DESICCATE, such as:
1. A tour of this smokehouse will give you an idea of how the pioneers used to desiccate food in order to preserve it.
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Meanings and Examples of DESICCATE
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desiccate
v. dry up thoroughly; make dry, dull, or lifeless; preserve foods by removing the moisture
Classic Sentence:
1 Sugar is the most desiccating of all salts; it sucks the liquids of the blood through the veins; hence the coagulation, and then the solidification of the blood; hence tubercles in the lungs, hence death.
Example Sentence:
1 A tour of this smokehouse will give you an idea of how the pioneers used to desiccate food in order to preserve it.