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to debark

to debark

1 7.5
To take the bark off a tree or log
  • verb
  • /dɪˈbɑrk/
  • Specialized
: descorchar
  • Before using the logs for construction, it is essential to debark them to ensure they are free of any outer layers.

Examples

  • Kato was able to capture the luster and overcome the problems and cost of late-wood debarking by developing a hydraulic pressure debarker with a fine ceramic nozzle.

    Academic text (1997)

  • The workers carefully debark the logs to prepare them for processing at the sawmill.

  • To create furniture from a tree, you must first debark the trunk to access the inner wood.

Synonyms

to bark
vsto debark
1 8.2

To cover the ground or plants with pieces of tree bark to protect them

focuses only on removing that layer from a trunk or log
to skin
vsto debark
9.0

To remove the bark from a tree

is the same action but is a different common verb
to ring-bark
vsto debark
  • Specialized
9.3

To cut away a ring of a tree's outer layer around the trunk so it dies

is general removal and does not require a full circle or death

Antonyms

to bark
1 8.2

To cover the ground or plants with pieces of tree bark to protect them

How Thorough

to strip
129 2.7
to debark
  • Specialized
1 7.5
to peel
177 1.0
to scratch
100 1.1

Surface Forms

debark infinitive
debarked past
debarked past participle
debarking present participle
debarks third person singular

Morphology

debark = bark (transparent) = de + bark

This is a straightforward removal verb meaning 'remove bark from' built productively from the noun 'bark' with de-.

Etymology

Debark can also come from the parts de- 'remove' and bark 'tree skin', so to debark wood is to strip the outer layer of a log or tree.