deglaze
/diːˈɡleɪz/verb
deglaze is a verb meaning “To remove glaze from” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled D-E-G-L-A-Z-E and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 17 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does deglaze mean?
verb
- 1
To remove glaze from.
- 2
To abrade the cylinders of an engine to ensure a tight seal.
- 3
To detach small pieces of cooked food from a pan by adding liquid, so that they can be used in further cooking.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce deglaze?
- UK /diːˈɡleɪz/
Deglaze has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of deglaze
- deglazes present, singular, he/she/it
- deglazing participle, present
- deglazed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is deglaze?
Deglaze appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 124,184th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Deglaze in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to detach small pieces of cooked food from a pan:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does deglaze come from?
From de- (“to remove from”) + glaze.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).