curing

POS

Verb (usu participle)

HYPHEN

cur=ing

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun curing has 1 sense

curing(n = noun.process) hardening, set, solidification, solidifying - the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization; "the hardening of concrete"; "he tested the set of the glue"

has particulars: congealment, congelation

is a kind of action, activity, natural action, natural process

is a part of plastination

Derived form verb cure₂

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CIDE DICTIONARY

curing, p. a. & vb. n.

p. a. & vb. n. of Cure. [1913 Webster]

Curing house, a building in which anything is cured; especially, in the West Indies, a building in which sugar is drained and dried.

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THESAURUS

curing

anhydration, blast-freezing, bottling, brining, canning, corning, cure, dehydration, desiccation, dry-curing, drying, embalming, evaporation, freeze-drying, freezing, fuming, healing, irradiation, jerking, marination, mummification, pickling, potting, quick-freezing, refrigeration, remedial, remedy, restorative, salting, sanative, sanatory, seasoning, smoking, stuffing, taxidermy, therapy, tinning, vulnerary, wholesome

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