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carbonize

[ kahr-buh-nahyz ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

, car·bon·ized, car·bon·iz·ing.

, car·bon·ized, car·bon·iz·ing.

carbonize

/ ˈkɑːbəˌnaɪz /

to turn or be turned into carbon as a result of heating, fossilization, chemical treatment, etc
tr to enrich or coat (a substance) with carbon
intr to react or unite with carbon

First recorded in 1800–10; carbon + -ize

When the dust thus produced begins to carbonize, the pressure and velocity are increased.

Empyreuma, the smell arising from organic matter when subjected to the action of fire, but not enough to carbonize it entirely.

To carbonize wood under a movable covering, the plan of meiler, or heaps, is employed very much in Germany.

The material began to carbonize at a temperature of 140° to 150°.

He began to carbonize everything in nature that he could lay hands on.

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