Found 2 items, similar to Carbonizing.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: carbonize
carbonize
v 1: unite with carbon;
“carburize metal” [syn:
carbonise,
carburize,
carburise]
2: turn into carbon, as by burning;
“carbonize coal” [syn:
carbonise]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Carbonizing
Carbonize
\Car"bon*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Carbonized; p.
pr. & vb. n.
Carbonizing.] [Cf. F. carboniser.]
1. To convert (an animal or vegetable substance) into a
residue of carbon by the action of fire or some corrosive
agent; to char.
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2. To impregnate or combine with carbon, as in making steel
by cementation.
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