Found 2 items, similar to vulcanized.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: vulcanized vulcanized adj : (used of rubber, e.g.) treated by a chemical or physical process to improve its properties (hardness and strength and odor and elasticity) [syn: cured, vulcanised]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Vulcanized Vulcanize \Vul"can*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vulcanized; p. pr. & vb. n. Vulcanizing.] To change the properties of, as caoutchouc, or India rubber, by the process of vulcanization. [1913 Webster] Vulcanized fiber, paper, paper pulp, or other fiber, chemically treated, as with metallic chlorides, so as to form a substance resembling ebonite in texture, hardness, etc. --Knight. Vulcanized rubber, India rubber, vulcanized. [1913 Webster]