entschuppen — meaning in English

English meaning

• descale verb To clean the hard chalky build-up off a metal surface, such as inside a kettle or boiler.
• scale noun The size, extent, or proportion of something, especially compared to something else.

Senses

entschuppen is used for these senses in English:

• descale To remove scale from the surface of a metal, especially from the inner surfaces of boilers etc.
• descale To remove the scales from a fish etc.
• scale (transitive) To clean, as the inside of a cannon, by the explosion of a small quantity of powder.

descale — full definition

1. verb To clean the hard chalky build-up off a metal surface, such as inside a kettle or boiler.
2. verb To take the small hard flakes off the skin of a fish.

scale — full definition

1. noun The size, extent, or proportion of something, especially compared to something else.
2. noun A series of marked measurements used for comparison, such as on a ruler, map, or rating system.
3. noun One of the small, hard, overlapping plates covering the skin of fish and reptiles.
4. noun An instrument for measuring weight.
5. verb To increase or decrease something in size while keeping its proportions, especially to grow a business or process.

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