detox
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See also: détox
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdiːtɒks/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
detox (countable and uncountable, plural detoxes)
- Detoxification, especially of the body from alcohol or illegal, addictive drugs.
- A detoxification unit.
Derived terms
Translations
detoxification
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unit
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Verb
detox (third-person singular simple present detoxes, present participle detoxing, simple past and past participle detoxed)
- (transitive, intransitive) To detoxify, especially from alcohol or recreational drugs.
- 2015, Dawn Lerman, My Fat Dad: A Memoir of Food, Love, and Family, with Recipes:
- My grandmother said being organized led to success, so I set out to turn our fridge into a liquid dieter's paradise. First was detoxing the kitchen. I tossed out everything that would lead to temptation, like the leftover candy from Halloween, as well as everything that was expired and rotten.
Anagrams
Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
detox m inan
Declension
Further reading
- “detox”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)