verb
1. unite with carbon
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carburize metal
• Derivationally related forms: ↑carbon (for: ↑carburise), ↑carbon (for: ↑carburize), ↑carbon, ↑carbon (for: ↑carbonize)
• Topics: ↑chemistry, ↑chemical science
• Hypernyms: ↑change state, ↑turn
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s
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Somebody ——s something
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Something ——s something
2. turn into carbon, as by burning
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carbonize coal
• Syn: ↑carbonize
• Derivationally related forms: ↑carbonisation, ↑carbon, ↑carbonic (for: ↑carbonize), ↑carbonization (for: ↑carbonize), ↑carbon (for: ↑carbonize)
• Hypernyms: ↑change state, ↑turn
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s
Useful english dictionary. 2012.