Meaning

2 senses

  1. To turn something to carbon, especially by heating it; to scorch or blacken.

    Near-synonyms: charcoalize, char

    verkohlen

    turn into carbon, as by burning

  2. To react something with carbon.

    unite with carbon

Translations

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By meaning 1
turn something to carbon, especially by heating:

Forms

carbonizes, carbonizing, carbonized, carbonized
Base formcarbonize · to carbonize
3rd person singularcarbonizes
Present participlecarbonizing
Past simplecarbonized
Past participlecarbonized

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycarbonize
he, she, itcarbonizes

Past simpleLesson

all personscarbonized

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave carbonized
he, she, ithas carbonized

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill carbonize

Synonyms

5 synonyms
carburizecharcoalizechar
Close in meaning

Word family

9 related words
Relatedpyrolysecarboncarboniccarbonization
Derivedcarbonizablecarbonizerdecarbonizationdecarbonizerecarbonize

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
carbonaracarbonatecarboniccarburetorcarcasscarcinogencarcinogenic
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