dolomitize

[ doh-luh-mahy-tahyz, -mi-, dol-uh- ]

verb (used with object),do·lo·mit·ized, do·lo·mit·iz·ing.Geology.

to convert (limestone) into dolomite.

Origin of dolomitize

¹

First recorded in 1860–65; dolomite + -ize

Also especially British, do·lo·mit·ise .

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