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deice

/diːˈaɪs/verb

deice is a verb meaning “To remove ice from (something)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled D-E-I-C-E.

What does deice mean?

verb

  1. 1

    To remove ice from (something).

    They had to move the plane back from the runway to deice the wings before takeoff.

  2. 2

    To lose its ice; to thaw.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you pronounce deice?

  • /diːˈaɪs/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Forms of deice

  • deices present, singular, he/she/it
  • deicing participle, present
  • deiced participle, past
  • de-ice

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Deice in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

In the sense (transitive) to remove ice from (something):

LanguageWords
Frenchdéglacer
Germanenteisen
Spanishdeshielar, deshelar

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 deice come from?

From de- + ice.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).