bonderize

American

[bon-duh-rahyz] / ˈbɒn dəˌraɪz /

especially British, bonderise

verb (used with object)

bonderized, bonderizing

to coat (steel) with an anticorrosive phosphate solution, usually in preparation for the application of paint, enamel, or lacquer.

1935–40; back formation from Bonderized, a trademark, probably equivalent to bond ¹ + -er ¹ + -ize + -ed ²

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