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iridize

iridize verb: to point or tip with iridium.

Verb

iridize (third-person singular simple present iridizes, present participle iridizing, simple past and past participle iridized)

  1. (transitive) To point or tip with iridium.
    • to iridize a gold pen
  2. (transitive) To make iridescent.
    • to iridize glass
    • iridized platinum

Forms of iridize

third-person singular presentiridizes
present participleiridizing
past participleiridized
pastiridized

Questions about iridize

What does iridize mean?
Iridize means to point or tip with iridium.
What part of speech is iridize?
Iridize is a verb.
What is the past tense of iridize?
The past tense of iridize is iridized.

Words near iridize in the dictionary

  1. iridising
  2. iriditis
  3. iridium
  4. iridiums
  5. iridization
  6. iridize
  7. iridized
  8. iridizes
  9. iridizing
  10. irido-
  11. iridoblast

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