decolorize
verbUK /diːˈkʌləɹaɪz/
Etymology From de- + color + -ize.
1
US To remove the color from.
2
US To lose one’s color.
- According to Rühm fresh milk remains blue for 12 hours or more, and infected milk decolorizes in less than one hour.1912 November, Edwin Henry Schorer, “Experimental Studies on Milk”, in Ludvig Hektoen, Edwin O. Jordan, editors, The Journal of Infectious Diseases, volume II, number 3, page 331:
- Derived terms
- decolorizer