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heat-treat

heat-treat verb: to apply a heat treatment to (some material).

Verb

heat-treat (third-person singular simple present heat-treats, present participle heat-treating, simple past and past participle heat-treated)

  1. (transitive) To apply a heat treatment to (some material).
    • The steel was heat-treated to improve its toughness and ductility.

Forms of heat-treat

third-person singular presentheat-treats
present participleheat-treating
past participleheat-treated
pastheat-treated

Questions about heat-treat

What does heat-treat mean?
Heat-treat means to apply a heat treatment to (some material).
What part of speech is heat-treat?
Heat-treat is a verb.
What is the past tense of heat-treat?
The past tense of heat-treat is heat-treated.

Words near heat-treat in the dictionary

  1. heat-sealed
  2. heat-sealing
  3. heat-seals
  4. heat-seeking
  5. heat-stable
  6. heat-treat
  7. heat-treated
  8. heat-treating
  9. heat-treats
  10. heatability
  11. heatable

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