quench C2 Topic:Weather & Climate US /kwɛnt͡ʃ/ See IPA manual Freq #21580 Meanings 1 verb cool by plunging into cold water or other liquid The blacksmith quenches the steel in a tub of water. Thesaurus Synonyms extinguish ↔ Opposites enkindlecombustkindle Word family Forms quenchedquenchesquenchingquenchless Derived forms dequenchnonquenchednonquenchingoutquenchprequenchquenchabilityquenchablequenchcoalquencherquenchlessquenchyrequench Etymology From Middle English quenchen, from Old English cwenċan, from Proto-Germanic *kwankijaną. quenchen Middle English cwenċan Old English *kwankijaną Proto-Germanic View etymology graph -> Topics Weather & Climate Materials & Substances External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # quench **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** verb **IPA (US):** /kwɛnt͡ʃ/ **Frequency rank:** 21580 ## Meanings 1. cool by plunging into cold water or other liquid ## Examples - The blacksmith quenches the steel in a tub of water. ## Synonyms - extinguish ## Antonyms - enkindle - combust - kindle ## Derived Forms - dequench - nonquenched - nonquenching - outquench - prequench - quenchability - quenchable - quenchcoal - quencher - quenchless - quenchy - requench ## Roots and Affixes - Root: quenchen - Root: cwenċan - Root: *kwankijaną ## Etymology From Middle English quenchen, from Old English cwenċan, from Proto-Germanic *kwankijaną. ## Topics - Weather & Climate - Materials & Substances markdown