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CARBONISE

Dictionary entry overview: What does carbonise mean?

• CARBONISE (verb)
The verb CARBONISE has 2 senses:

1. unite with carbon
2. turn into carbon, as by burning

Familiarity information: CARBONISE used as a verb is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CARBONISE (verb)

Sense 1

carbonise ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Unite with carbon

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

carbonise; carbonize; carburise; carburize

Context example:

carburize metal

Hypernyms (to "carbonise" 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

Sense 2

carbonise ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Turn into carbon, as by burning

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

carbonise; carbonize

Context example:

carbonize coal

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

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

"Carbonise" entails doing...:

heat; heat up; hot up (gain heat or get hot)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

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