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carbonise

carbonise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of carbonize.

Meaning of carbonize

Verb

carbonize (third-person singular simple present carbonizes, present participle carbonizing, simple past and past participle carbonized)

  1. To turn something to carbon, especially by heating it; to scorch or blacken.
    • Near-synonyms: charcoalize, char
  2. To react something with carbon.

Forms of carbonise

third-person singular presentcarbonises
present participlecarbonising
past participlecarbonised
pastcarbonised

Origin of carbonise

From carbon + -ise.

Words formed from carbonise

Questions about carbonise

What is carbonise the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?
Carbonise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of carbonize.

Words near carbonise in the dictionary

  1. carbonimidic
  2. carboning
  3. Carbonis
  4. carbonisation
  5. carbonisations
  6. carbonise
  7. carbonised
  8. carboniser
  9. carbonisers
  10. carbonises
  11. carbonising

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Adapted from Wiktionary: carbonise (page history and authors); carbonize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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