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PORCELAINIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does porcelainize mean? 

PORCELAINIZE (verb)
  The verb PORCELAINIZE has 1 sense:

1. coat with porcelain or a porcelain-like surfaceplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


PORCELAINIZE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they porcelainize  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it porcelainizes  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: porcelainized  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: porcelainized  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: porcelainizing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Coat with porcelain or a porcelain-like surface

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

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

coat; surface (put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something


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