| Pronunciation: | | dee'kârbu`nIz
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WordNet Dictionary |
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[v] remove carbon from (an engine) |
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DECARBONIZE is a 11 letter word that starts with D. |
| | Synonyms: | | decarbonise, decarburise, decarburize, decoke |
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| | See Also: | | remove, take, take away, withdraw |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \De*car"bon*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Decarbonized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Decarbonizing}.]
To deprive of carbon; as, to decarbonize steel; to
decarbonize the blood.
{Decarbonized iron}. See {Malleable iron}.
{Decarbonized steel}, homogenous wrought iron made by a steel
process, as that of Bessemer; ingot iron.
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