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Fish Preparation Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is SCALING which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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230%7Fish preparation step
328%7 Traditional Scottish fish preparation

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We think the answer is "SCALING" which means:

    noun
  • • The act of arranging in a graduated series
  • • Act of measuring or arranging or adjusting according to a scale
  • • Ascent by or as if by a ladder
  • verb
  • • To change the size of something whilst maintaining proportion; especially to change a process in order to produce much larger amounts of the final product.
  • • To climb to the top of.
  • • To tolerate significant increases in throughput or other potentially limiting factors.
  • • To weigh, measure or grade according to a scale or system.
  • • To remove the scales of.
  • • To become scaly; to produce or develop scales.
  • • To strip or clear of scale; to descale.
  • • To take off in thin layers or scales, as tartar from the teeth; to pare off, as a surface.
  • • To separate and come off in thin layers or laminae.
  • • To scatter; to spread.
  • • To clean, as the inside of a cannon, by the explosion of a small quantity of powder.

An example sentence would be:

  • • "The scaling of the fish was done with precision."
  • • "The scaling of the mountain peak was a challenging feat."

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