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CARBONIZATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does carbonization mean?
• CARBONIZATION (noun)
The noun CARBONIZATION has 1 sense:
1. the destructive distillation of coal (as in coke ovens)
Familiarity information: CARBONIZATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The destructive distillation of coal (as in coke ovens)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Synonyms:
carbonisation; carbonization
Hypernyms ("carbonization" is a kind of...):
destructive distillation (heating a solid substance in a closed container and collecting the volatile products)
Derivation:
carbonize (turn into carbon, as by burning)
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