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CARBURISE

Dictionary entry overview: What does carburise mean?

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

1. unite with carbon

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

Dictionary entry details

• CARBURISE (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Unite with carbon

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

carbonise; carbonize; carburise; carburize

Context example:

carburize metal

Hypernyms (to "carburise" 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

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