hydroentangle

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verb

To feed (leather fibres) through a textile core, part of a manufacturing process that avoids the use of chemicals.

OriginEnglish entangle ← Middle English entanglen ← Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-) →
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Meanings

verbhydroentangle (third-person singular simple present hydroentangles, present participle hydroentangling, simple past and past participle hydroentangled)

present singular third person hydroentangles · participle present hydroentangling · participle past hydroentangled · past hydroentangled

  1. transitiveTo feed (leather fibres) through a textile core, part of a manufacturing process that avoids the use of chemicals.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*wed-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wódr̥
  3. Proto-Hellenic*údōr
  4. Ancient Greekῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr)
  5. Ancient Greekῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)
  6. Englishhydro-
  7. Middle Englishentanglen
  8. Englishentangle
  9. Englishhydroentangle

From hydro- + entangle.

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APA

hydroentangle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hydroentangle

MLA

“hydroentangle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hydroentangle. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hydroentangle,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hydroentangle.

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