air-slake

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   alter by exposure to air with conversion at least in part to a carbonate

   “air-slake lime”

   Broaderslack

Questions about air-slake

What does air-slake mean?

air-slake means "alter by exposure to air with conversion at least in part to a carbonate".

How many syllables are in air-slake?

air-slake has 2 syllables: air--slake. The stress falls on "slake".

Is air-slake a common word?

air-slake is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.