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porcelainizes

porcelainizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of porcelainize.

Meaning of porcelainize

Verb

porcelainize (third-person singular simple present porcelainizes, present participle porcelainizing, simple past and past participle porcelainized)

  1. (transitive) To bake like porcelain.
    • porcelainized clay shales
  2. To make or become glassy or porcelain-like.
    • They may, however, be used as shewn in the drawing, but such walls must be built entirely of the best description of fire bricks or lumps and fire-clay, and should not be connected above with any portion of the work, as they are sure to fuse or porcelainize more or less .1839, The Repertory of Patent Inventions, page 267
  3. To apply a glassy or porcelain-like coating or finish to.
    • In recent months a technique has been worked out to porcelainize the steel blanks .1953, Investor - Volume 4, page 26

Questions about porcelainizes

What is porcelainizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Porcelainizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of porcelainize.

Words near porcelainizes in the dictionary

  1. porcelainite
  2. porcelainites
  3. porcelainization
  4. porcelainize
  5. porcelainized
  6. porcelainizes
  7. porcelainizing
  8. porcelainlike
  9. porcelainous
  10. porcelains
  11. porcelainware

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