Meaning

1 senses

  1. To harden the surface of (a ferrous metal) by diffusing nitrogen and carbon atoms into it.

Origin

From nitro- + carburize.

From nitro- + carburize.

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Forms

nitrocarburizes, nitrocarburizing, nitrocarburized, nitrocarburized
Base formnitrocarburize · to nitrocarburize
3rd person singularnitrocarburizes
Present participlenitrocarburizing
Past simplenitrocarburized
Past participlenitrocarburized

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theynitrocarburize
he, she, itnitrocarburizes

Past simpleLesson

all personsnitrocarburized

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill nitrocarburize

Word family

1 related words
Relatedcarbonitride

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
nitratenitricnitritenitrogennitrousnitty
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