decoke

English

Etymology

From de- +‎ coke.

Noun

decoke (plural decokes)

1. (informal) decarbonization.

Verb

decoke (third-person singular simple present decokes, present participle decoking, simple past and past participle decoked)

1. (informal, transitive) To decarbonize, especially to remove the build-up of carbon in the cylinder of an engine or the bowl or a pipe.

References

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “decoke”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.