vitrescent

[ vi-tres-uh nt ]

/ vɪˈtrɛs ənt /

adjective

becoming glass.

tending to become glass.

capable of being formed into glass.

Words nearby vitrescent

vitreous humor, vitreous humour, vitreous membrane, vitreous silica, vitrescence, vitrescent, vitrescible, vitreum, vitri-, vitric, vitrics

Origin of vitrescent

1750–60; < Latin vitr(um) glass + -escent

OTHER WORDS FROM vitrescent

vi·tres·cence, nounun·vi·tres·cent, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for vitrescent

vitrescent

/ (vɪˈtrɛsənt) /

adjective

tending to turn into glass

capable of being transformed into glass

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