CARBURIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does carburize mean? 

• CARBURIZE (verb)
  The verb CARBURIZE has 1 sense:

1. unite with carbon

  Familiarity information: CARBURIZE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARBURIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they carburize    ... he / she / it carburizes   
Past simple: carburized   
Past participle: carburized   
-ing form: carburizing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Unite with carbon

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

carbonise; carbonize; carburise; carburize

Context example:

carburize metal

Hypernyms (to "carburize" is one way to...):

change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)

Domain category:

chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

carbon (an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds)