dealcoholize

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verb

To remove the alcohol from.

Scrabble 27

Meanings

verbdealcoholize (third-person singular simple present dealcoholizes, present participle dealcoholizing, simple past and past participle dealcoholized)

present singular third person dealcoholizes · participle present dealcoholizing · participle past dealcoholized · past dealcoholized

  1. transitiveTo remove the alcohol from.

    Selected wines were acidified with 0.1% TFA, dealcoholized using rotoevaporation that did not exceed 40°C, and then mixed with preconditioned amberlite XAD-7 resin to remove impurities.

    2015 September 29, “Berry Phenolic Compounds Increase Expression of Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor-1α (HNF-1α) in Caco-2 and Normal Colon Cells Due to High Affinities with Transcription and Dimerization Domains of HNF-1α”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
    1 more example

    But a slew of entrepreneurs think nonalcoholic wine is poised for an explosion, thanks to improvements in technology for “de-alcoholizing” wine and a growing interest in drinks that taste and feel grown up but aren’t boozy.

    2023 March 24, Laura Reiley, “Could nonalcoholic wine be the toast of the town?”, in The Washington Post

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
  8. Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
  9. Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
  10. Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
  11. Medieval Latinalcoho
  12. Middle Englishalcofol
  13. Englishalcohol
  14. Englishalcoholize
  15. Englishdealcoholize

From de- + alcoholize.

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APA

dealcoholize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dealcoholize

MLA

“dealcoholize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dealcoholize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dealcoholize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dealcoholize.

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