decorticating
Peeling outer layers
Decorticating is removing the outer layer or bark from something.
The term appears in medical contexts for procedures that strip tissue from organs, in agriculture for husking grain or shelling seeds, and in forestry for stripping bark from logs.
The machine is decorticating rice to remove the hulls.
Extracting grain from stalks
- winnowingSeparating grain from chaff
- dehullingRemoving seed's outer layer
- huskingRemoving dry outer covering
- shellingSustained artillery attack
milling · polishing · pearling · hulling · chaff · bran · husk · seedcoat
Controlled rotting for textiles
Removing outer layers
- peelingComing off in strips
- girdlingCircumferential bark removal
- debarkingStripping bark from logs
- cambiumPlant growth tissue
phloem · cork · log · timber · pulpwood · tanbark · cinnamon · quinine
Harsh criticism; skin abrasion
- debridementRemoving damaged tissue surgically
- exfoliationShedding surface skin cells
- abrasionShallow surface wound
- dermabrasionAbrasive cosmetic facial procedure
epidermis · eschar · surgical · tissue · lesion · scarification
Collective mechanical equipment
- mechanizedPowered by machines
- industrialOf factories and production
- equipmentTools for a task
- rollerRotating cylindrical tool
separation · throughput · efficiency · automation · extraction · batch · continuous · output
threshing
Extracting grain from stalks
- winnowingSeparating grain from chaff
- dehullingRemoving seed's outer layer
- huskingRemoving dry outer covering
shelling · milling · polishing · pearling · hulling · chaff · bran · husk · seedcoat · pericarp
retting
Controlled rotting for textiles
bast · flax · hemp · jute · ramie · linen · stem · stalk · tow · ribbon
stripping
Removing outer layers
cambium · phloem · cork · log · timber · pulpwood · tanbark · cinnamon · quinine · spud
excoriation
Harsh criticism; skin abrasion
- debridementRemoving damaged tissue surgically
- exfoliationShedding surface skin cells
- abrasionShallow surface wound
dermabrasion · epidermis · eschar · surgical · tissue · lesion · scarification
machinery
Collective mechanical equipment
- mechanizedPowered by machines
- industrialOf factories and production
- equipmentTools for a task
roller · separation · throughput · efficiency · automation · extraction · batch · continuous · output · capacity
decorticatingcoating
Applied surface covering
encrusting · sheathing · encasing · wrapping · covering
decorticatingprotecting
Keeping from harm
insulating · shielding · shrouding · blanketing · swathing
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