carburize

[ kahr-buh-rahyz, -byuh- ]

/ ˈkɑr bəˌraɪz, -byə- /

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verb (used with object), car·bu·rized, car·bu·riz·ing.

to cause to unite with carbon.

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Also especially British, car·bu·rise .

Origin of carburize

First recorded in 1880–90; carbur(et) + -ize

OTHER WORDS FROM carburize

car·bu·ri·za·tion, nouncar·bu·riz·er, noun

Words nearby carburize

carburet, carburetant, carburetion, carburetor, carburettor, carburize, carby, carbylamine, carcajou, carcanet, car card

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How to use carburize in a sentence

Bessemer's next difficulty was to carburize his pure iron, and thus to make it into steel.
Stories of Invention|Edward E. Hale

British Dictionary definitions for carburize

carburize

carburise

/ (ˈkɑːbjʊˌraɪz, -bə-) /

verb

another word for carbonize (def. 2), carbonize (def. 3)

(tr) to increase the carbon content of (the surface of a low-carbon steel) so that the surface can be hardened by heat treatment

Derived forms of carburize

carburization or carburisation, noun

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