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.

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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, adjectivecar·bon·iz·er, nounun·car·bon·ized, adjective

Words nearby carbonize

carbonic-acid gas, carbonic anhydrase, Carboniferous, carbonium ion, carbonization, carbonize, carbonless paper, carbon microphone, carbon monoxide, carbonnade, carbon nanotube

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How to use carbonize in a sentence

As you use your pan, impurities in the oil and food residue carbonize, making the seasoning durable.
I’m Never Letting Go of My Vintage Cast-Iron Skillet|jversteegh|July 27, 2022|Outside Online
I diligently cooked bacon in it once a month to build up a solid layer of polymerized and carbonized fat, known as seasoning, that gives cast iron its nonstick properties.
I’m Never Letting Go of My Vintage Cast-Iron Skillet|jversteegh|July 27, 2022|Outside Online
What isn’t clear, though, is how seriously investors can take these green bonds when the entities issuing them continue in parallel to make profits from fossil fuels that carbonize the climate.
Why are the world’s biggest oil-producing countries selling green bonds?|Samanth Subramanian|November 23, 2021|Quartz
Since 2019, Monaco has studied the carbonized bread at the National Museum of Archaeology, in Naples.
Eat like an ancient Roman by recreating bread from Pompeii|Alisha McDarris|September 9, 2021|Popular-Science

When the dust thus produced begins to carbonize, the pressure and velocity are increased.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 392, July 7, 1883|Various
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
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
The material began to carbonize at a temperature of 140° to 150°.
Some Constituents of the Poison Ivy Plant: (Rhus Toxicodendron)|William Anderson Syme
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

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, nouncarbonizer or carboniser, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for carbonize

carbonise

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