"carbonize" meaning in English

See carbonize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈkɑːbən.aɪz/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɑɹ.bən.aɪz/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Scelultrix-carbonize.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Qwertygiy-carbonize.wav Forms: carbonizes [present, singular, third-person], carbonizing [participle, present], carbonized [participle, past], carbonized [past]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃-der.? Latin carbōlbor. French carbonebor. English carbon Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English carbonize From carbon + -ize. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:af|carbon|-ize|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃-der.? Latin carbōlbor. French carbonebor. English carbon Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English carbonize, {{suffix|en|carbon|ize}} carbon + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} carbonize (third-person singular simple present carbonizes, present participle carbonizing, simple past and past participle carbonized)
  1. To turn something to carbon, especially by heating it; to scorch or blacken. Synonyms: carburize, charcoalize, char Translations (turn something to carbon, especially by heating): овъглявам (ovǎgljavam) (Bulgarian), carbonitzar (Catalan), 碳化 (tànhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), 炭化 (tànhuà) (english: non-scientifically) (Chinese Mandarin), karbonigi (Esperanto), hiiltää (Finnish), karbonoida (Finnish), verkohlen (German), carbonizzare (Italian), carbonizar (Spanish), karbonisera (Swedish), supukin (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-carbonize-en-verb-X8JXWmDK Categories (other): English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymology trees, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Carbon, Chemical reactions Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 61 39 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 38 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 68 32 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 64 36 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 65 35 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 62 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Carbon: 48 52 Disambiguation of Chemical reactions: 66 34 Disambiguation of 'turn something to carbon, especially by heating': 85 15
  2. (chemistry) To react something with carbon.
    Sense id: en-carbonize-en-verb-JDIfDGkY Categories (other): Chemistry, Carbon Disambiguation of Carbon: 48 52 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: carbonizable, carbonization, carbonizer, decarbonization, decarbonize, recarbonize Related terms: pyrolyse

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "turn something to carbon, especially by heating",
      "word": "karbonisera"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "lang_code": "tl",
      "sense": "turn something to carbon, especially by heating",
      "word": "supukin"
    }
  ],
  "word": "carbonize"
}

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