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sherardize

sherardize verb: to coat metal (usually iron or steel) surfaces with zinc by exposing them to the vapour of zinc instead of, as in ordinary galvanizing, to molten zinc.

Verb

sherardize (third-person singular simple present sherardizes, present participle sherardizing, simple past and past participle sherardized)

  1. (transitive) To coat metal (usually iron or steel) surfaces with zinc by exposing them to the vapour of zinc instead of, as in ordinary galvanizing, to molten zinc.

Forms of sherardize

third-person singular presentsherardizes
present participlesherardizing
past participlesherardized
pastsherardized

Origin of sherardize

From Sherard + -ize.

Words formed from sherardize

Questions about sherardize

What does sherardize mean?
Sherardize means to coat metal (usually iron or steel) surfaces with zinc by exposing them to the vapour of zinc instead of, as in ordinary galvanizing, to molten zinc.
What part of speech is sherardize?
Sherardize is a verb.
What is the past tense of sherardize?
The past tense of sherardize is sherardized.

Words near sherardize in the dictionary

  1. sherardise
  2. sherardised
  3. sherardises
  4. sherardising
  5. sherardization
  6. sherardize
  7. sherardized
  8. sherardizer
  9. sherardizers
  10. sherardizes
  11. sherardizing

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