vitrify

Verb

Meaning

To convert into, or cause to resemble, glass or a glassy substance, by heat and fusion.

To become glass; to be converted into glass.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

harden press sinter steel firm settle nerve cement reinforce cake starch temper precipitate glaze brace
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Antonyms

repulse fight dispute resist deny oppose
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Hypernyms

change alter modify

Derivatives

vitrified vitrifying

Examples

Revival would require repairing damage from lack of oxygen, cryoprotectant toxicity, thermal stress (fracturing), freezing in tissues that do not successfully vitrify, and reversing the effects that caused death. Source: Internet

On cooling, some liquids vitrify into a glass rather than transform to the equilibrium crystal phase. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

vitrified china vitrified clay pipe vitriform vitrimer vitrina vitrine