carbonize

English

Etymology

From carbon +‎ -ize.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːbən.aɪz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑɹ.bən.aɪz/

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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.

   Synonym: carburize

   Near-synonyms: charcoalize, char

2. (chemistry) To react something with carbon.

Derived terms

• carbonizable
• carbonization
• carbonizer
• decarbonization
• decarbonize
• recarbonize

Translations

turn something to carbon, especially by heating

Bulgarian: овъглявам (ovǎgljavam) Catalan: carbonitzar (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 碳化 (zh) (tànhuà), 炭化 (zh) (tànhuà) (non-scientifically) Esperanto: karbonigi Finnish: hiiltää, karbonoida German: verkohlen (de) Italian: carbonizzare (it) Spanish: carbonizar (es) Swedish: karbonisera Tagalog: supukin

See also

• pyrolyse

Portuguese

Verb

carbonize

1. inflection of carbonizar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative