Desalinate

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  desalinate
       v : remove salt from; "desalinate water" [syn: {desalt}, {desalinize},
            {desalinise}] [ant: {salinate}]