hydroentangle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To feed (leather fibres) through a textile core, part of a manufacturing process that avoids the use of chemicals.

Word forms

hydroentangle hydroentangles hydroentangling hydroentangled

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Hellenic *údōr Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr) Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der. English hydro- Middle English entanglen English entangle English hydroentangle From hydro- + entangle.

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