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hardface

hardface verb: to apply a harder or tougher material to (a base metal) by welding.

Verb

hardface (third-person singular simple present hardfaces, present participle hardfacing, simple past and past participle hardfaced)

  1. To apply a harder or tougher material to (a base metal) by welding.

Forms of hardface

third-person singular presenthardfaces
present participlehardfacing
past participlehardfaced
pasthardfaced

Origin of hardface

From hard + face.

Questions about hardface

What does hardface mean?
Hardface means to apply a harder or tougher material to (a base metal) by welding.
What part of speech is hardface?
Hardface is a verb.
What is the past tense of hardface?
The past tense of hardface is hardfaced.

Words near hardface in the dictionary

  1. hardest-hitting
  2. hardest-won
  3. hardest-working
  4. Hardesty
  5. Hardestys
  6. hardface
  7. hardfaced
  8. hardfaces
  9. hardfacing
  10. hardfern
  11. hardferns

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