detox

See also: détox

English

Etymology

Clipping of detoxification.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdiːtɒks/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

detox (countable and uncountable, plural detoxes)

1. Detoxification, especially of the body from alcohol or illegal, addictive drugs.
2. A detoxification unit.

Derived terms

• detoxer
• digital detox
• teatox

 

Translations

detoxification

• Czech: detoxifikace f, (informal) detox m
• Dutch: ontwenningskuur (nl)
• French: détox (fr) f, désintox (fr) f
• Polish: detoks m
• Spanish: desintoxicación (es) f

unit

• Czech: detoxifikační oddělení n, (informal) detox m

Verb

detox (third-person singular simple present detoxes, present participle detoxing, simple past and past participle detoxed)

1. (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

• Oxted

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɛtoks]

Noun

detox m inan

1. (informal) Detoxification
2. (informal) a detoxification unit

Declension

Declension of detox (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	detox	detoxy
genitive	detoxu	detoxů
dative	detoxu	detoxům
accusative	detox	detoxy
vocative	detoxe	detoxy
locative	detoxu	detoxech
instrumental	detoxem	detoxy

Further reading

• “detox”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)