Hypertext Webster Gateway: "carbonize"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Carbonize \Car"bon*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Carbonized}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Carbonizing}.] [Cf. F. carboniser.]
1. To convert (an animal or vegetable substance) into a
residue of carbon by the action of fire or some corrosive
agent; to char.
2. To impregnate or combine with carbon, as in making steel
by cementation.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
carbonize
v 1: unite with carbon; "carburize metal" [syn: {carbonise}, {carburize},
{carburise}]
2: turn into carbon, as by burning; "carbonize coal" [syn: {carbonise}]
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