carburize
carburize
Definition
car·bu·rize (kär′byo̵̅o̅ rīz′, -bə-)
transitive verb carburized -·rized′, carburizing -·riz′·ing
- carburet (sense )
- to treat or combine with carbon; esp., to treat (iron) by heating in contact with carbon in making case-hardened steel
Etymology: < Fr carbure, carbide, hydrocarbon + -ize
Browse dictionary entries near carburize
- carburization
- carburettor
- carburetting
- carburetted
- carburetor
- carburetion
- carbureting
- carbureted
- carburetant
- carburet
- carburized
- carburizing
- carbylamine
- carcajou
- carcanet
- carcase
- carcass
- Carcassonne
- carcinoembryonic antigen
- carcinogen
