verb · neutral
dehydrate
/ˌdiːˈhaɪdreɪt/de·HY·drate
Band 7+task2speaking
to remove water from something; in food, to dry food to preserve it
Examples
“They dehydrate fruits into chips for long-term storage.”
“Hikers must avoid dehydration by drinking water regularly.”
“The chef dehydrated tomatoes to intensify their flavour.”
Band 8 sentence
“The company dehydrates locally sourced tomatoes to create a concentrated powder used in gourmet seasonings.”
Collocations
- dehydrate food
- dehydrated fruit
- risk of dehydration
Word family
dehydrate verbdehydrated adjective / past participledehydration noun
Common mistakes
I dehydrated yesterday→I was dehydrated yesterday
dryed→dried / dehydrated
Say it for a higher band
5dry→6air-dry→7+dehydrate
Synonyms
dry
Easily confused
dry
“To produce fruit leather, manufacturers dehydrate pureed fruit until it becomes tacky.”
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