vitrify
to convert or be converted into glass.
to make or become vitreous.
Origin of vitrify
1Other words from vitrify
- vit·ri·fi·a·bil·i·ty, noun
- vit·ri·fi·a·ble, adjective
- non·vit·ri·fied, adjective
- un·vit·ri·fi·a·ble, adjective
- un·vit·ri·fied, adjective
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How to use vitrify in a sentence
Two heavy glass beakers brought from Holland, decorated with vitrifiable colors like the Bristol glass, are unusual pieces.
Stage-coach and Tavern Days | Alice Morse EarleThese men seldom use vitrifiable enamels, pigments being much more tractable and less costly.
For example, we see that in the pits at Amsterdam and Marly la Ville, vitrifiable sand was below every other stratum.
Buffon's Natural History, Volume II (of 10) | Georges Louis Leclerc de BuffonThe materials of the second class are all vitrifiable excepting those which the fire entirely consumes by inflammation.
Buffon's Natural History, Volume I (of II) | Georges Louis Leclerc de BuffonRock is vitrifiable as free-stone, and of the same nature, only it is harder and the parts more connected.
Buffon's Natural History, Volume I (of II) | Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon
British Dictionary definitions for vitrify
/ (ˈvɪtrɪˌfaɪ) /
to convert or be converted into glass or a glassy substance
Origin of vitrify
1Derived forms of vitrify
- vitrifiable, adjective
- vitrifiability, noun
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