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bonderize

American  
[bon-duh-rahyz] / ˈbɒn dəˌraɪz /
especially British, bonderise

verb (used with object)

bonderized, bonderizing

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

Etymology

Origin of bonderize

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

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