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carbonize

verb
/ˈkɑːbən.aɪz/UK/ˈkɑɹ.bən.aɪz/US

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃-der.? Latin carbōlbor. French carbonebor. English carbon Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English carbonize From carbon + -ize.

  1. derived from *kerh₃-✻ — “to burn”
  2. derived from carbō — “charcoal, coal”
  3. borrowed from carbone
  4. suffixed as carbonize — “carbon + ize”

Definitions

  1. To turn something to carbon, especially by heating it

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

    • Near-synonyms: charcoalize, char

  2. To react something with carbon.

The neighborhood

Derived

carbonizable, carbonization, carbonizer, decarbonization, decarbonize, recarbonize

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at carbonize. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01carbonize02blacken03dirty04grime05soot06coal07charred08carbonized09carbonization10carbonizing

A definitional loop anchored at carbonize. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at carbonize

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA