siliconized

[sil-i-kuh-nahyzd]

adjective

1. (of a material) having silicone added.

2. Metallurgy.,  (of iron or steel) having silicon added.

Word History and Origins

Origin of siliconized¹

First recorded in 1915–20; silicon + -ize + -ed ²

Example Sentences

I’ve discovered a better vent-pipe flashing made from powder-coated steel, and it has a special siliconized rubber boot.

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Typically, you’ll either run into “standard”-weight cubes, which should weigh about 4 ounces for a 12-liter cube, or pricier “ultralight” cubes made of 30-denier siliconized nylon that weigh about 2 ounces for a 12-liter cube.

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Siliconized acrylic caulk is somewhere in between: easier to apply and more flexible than pure acrylic, but still not as flexible as pure silicone.

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January Colbert, a tech spokeswoman for Color Rite, recommends this product over the tinted, sanded siliconized acrylic caulks that her company also makes because Color Sil is 100 percent silicone.

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I only use plumbing vent flashings that have a special siliconized rubber boot that lasts for many decades.

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