heat-treat

[ heet-treet ]

/ ˈhitˌtrit /

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verb (used with object)

to subject (a metal or alloy) to controlled heating and cooling to improve hardness or other properties.

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Origin of heat-treat

First recorded in 1905–10

OTHER WORDS FROM heat-treat

heat treatment, noun

Words nearby heat-treat

heat-seal, heat-seeking, heat shield, heat sink, heatstroke, heat-treat, heat up, heat wave, heaume, heave, heave down

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How to use heat-treat in a sentence

Almost everyone there will be a decent person and treat you well.
Abramoff’s Advice for Virginia’s New Jailhouse Guv|Tim Mak, Jackie Kucinich|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Yazbek tells The Daily Beast that the traffickers guarantee their service, and they treat the Syrian refugees with respect.
Ghost Ships of the Mediterranean|Barbie Latza Nadeau|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
But while he was up there riffing about Steiger, he looked like he did in the Big Heat.
The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile|Robert Ward|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The movie we went to that Friday night in 1953 was The Big Heat.
The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile|Robert Ward|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST

When ‘Downton Abbey’ returns Sunday night, its fashion fans are in for a familiar treat.
What Downton’s Fashion Really Means|Katie Baker|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The heat of drunkenness is the stumblingblock of the fool, lessening strength and causing wounds.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
It was very warm, and for a while they did nothing but exchange remarks about the heat, the sun, the glare.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
Tobacco is a strong growing plant resisting heat and drought to a far (p. 018) greater extent than most plants.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
There is still a general tendency in universities on both sides of the Atlantic to treat propaganda as infection.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
Not only are they required to do things in a proper orderly manner, but people have to treat them with due deference.
Children's Ways|James Sully

British Dictionary definitions for heat-treat

heat-treat

verb

(tr) to apply heat to (a metal or alloy) in one or more temperature cycles to give it desirable properties

Derived forms of heat-treat

heat treatment, noun

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