carbonize

[ kahr-buh-nahyz ]

/ ˈkɑr bəˌnaɪz /

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verb (used with object), car·bon·ized, car·bon·iz·ing.

to char (organic matter) until it forms carbon.

to coat or enrich with carbon.

verb (used without object), car·bon·ized, car·bon·iz·ing.

to become carbonized.

Also especially British, car·bon·ise.

Origin of carbonize

First recorded in 1800–10; carbon + -ize

OTHER WORDS FROM carbonize

car·bon·iz·a·ble, adjective car·bon·iz·er, noun un·car·bon·ized, adjective

Words nearby carbonize

carbonic-acid gas, carboniferous, carbonium, carbonium ion, carbonization, carbonize, carbonless paper, carbonnade, carbonous, carbonyl, carbonyl chloride

Example sentences from the Web for carbonize

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

A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines |Andrew Ure
When the dust thus produced begins to carbonize, the pressure and velocity are increased.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 392, July 7, 1883 |Various
He began to carbonize everything in nature that he could lay hands on.

Edison, His Life and Inventions |Frank Lewis Dyer and Thomas Commerford Martin
The material began to carbonize at a temperature of 140° to 150°.

Some Constituents of the Poison Ivy Plant: (Rhus Toxicodendron) |William Anderson Syme

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

The New Gresham Encyclopedia |Various

British Dictionary definitions for carbonize

carbonize

carbonise

/ (ˈkɑːbəˌnaɪz) /

verb

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

Also (for senses 2, 3): carburize

Derived forms of carbonize

carbonization or carbonisation, noun carbonizer or carboniser, noun

BROWSE DICTIONARY

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carbonize

verb (used with object), car·bon·ized, car·bon·iz·ing.

verb (used without object), car·bon·ized, car·bon·iz·ing.

Origin of carbonize

OTHER WORDS FROM carbonize

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British Dictionary definitions for carbonize

carbonise

verb

Derived forms of carbonize

BROWSE DICTIONARY

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carbonize

verb (used with object), car·bon·ized, car·bon·iz·ing.

verb (used without object), car·bon·ized, car·bon·iz·ing.

Origin of carbonize

OTHER WORDS FROM carbonize

Words nearby carbonize

Words related to carbonize

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carbonise

verb

Derived forms of carbonize

British Dictionary definitions for carbonize