vitrified
vitrified is the simple past and past participle of vitrify.
Meaning of vitrify
Verb
vitrify (third-person singular simple present vitrifies, present participle vitrifying, simple past and past participle vitrified)
- To convert into glass or a glass-like substance by heat and fusion.
- Synonyms:
- glassify
- To be converted into glass, especially through heat.
- A large percentage of all Late Horizon fragments at this site was overfired, to the point where many were vitrified, black to dark brown, and misshapen, some with blistered surfaces.1976, Dorothy Menzel, Pottery Style and Society in Ancient Peru: Art as a Mirror of History in the Ica Valley, 1350–1570, Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, →ISBN, page 30
Adjective
vitrified (comparative more vitrified, superlative most vitrified)
- Converted into glass.
- Five bus-loads of boys and girls, singing or in a silent embracement, rolled past them over the vitrified highway.1932, Aldous Huxley, Brave New World, London: Chatto & Windus
Forms of vitrified
| comparative | more vitrified |
|---|---|
| superlative | most vitrified |
Words formed from vitrified
Phrases with vitrified
Questions about vitrified
- What does vitrified mean?
- Vitrified means converted into glass.
- What is vitrified the simple past and past participle of?
- Vitrified is the simple past and past participle of vitrify.
- What part of speech is vitrified?
- Vitrified is an adjective.
Words near vitrified in the dictionary
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