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collodionize

collodionize verb: to prepare or treat with collodion.

Verb

collodionize (third-person singular simple present collodionizes, present participle collodionizing, simple past and past participle collodionized)

  1. (transitive) To prepare or treat with collodion.
    • I put the collodionized glass horizontally on a copper fork, the prongs of which are bent in such a way that only the ends of the glass are supported.1853, Robert Hunt, A Manual of Photography

Forms of collodionize

third-person singular presentcollodionizes
present participlecollodionizing
past participlecollodionized
pastcollodionized

Origin of collodionize

From collodion + -ize.

Questions about collodionize

What does collodionize mean?
Collodionize means to prepare or treat with collodion.
What part of speech is collodionize?
Collodionize is a verb.
What is the past tense of collodionize?
The past tense of collodionize is collodionized.

Words near collodionize in the dictionary

  1. collodion
  2. collodion baby
  3. collodion membrane
  4. collodion membranes
  5. collodionization
  6. collodionize
  7. collodionized
  8. collodionizes
  9. collodionizing
  10. collodions
  11. collodiotype

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