Definition of Hardener

1. n. One who, or that which, hardens; specif., one who tempers tools.

Definition of Hardener

1. Noun. A chemical substance added to something in order to harden it; used especially with paints, varnishes and resins ¹

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Definition of Hardener

1. one that hardens [n -S] - See also: hardens

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hardener

hardcovered
hardcovers
harddisk
harddrive
hardedge
hardedges
hardel
hardels
harden
harden someone's heart
hardenabilities
hardenability
hardenable
hardened
hardened pelvis
hardener (current term)
hardeners
hardenest
hardeneth
hardening
hardening of the arteries
hardenings
hardens
harder
harder-won
harder put
harderian
harderian gland
harders
hardest

Literary usage of Hardener

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Descriptions of Occupations by United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States Employment Service (1918)
"hardener Description: The duties of the hardener are to harden and temper the ... hardener, COAL AND COKE EIRE HALT The hardener on coal or coke fire must ..."

2. The Strategy of Minerals: A Study of the Mineral Factor in the World by George Otis Smith (1919)
"... the most widely used hardener for steel — Canada's dominance of the world's nickel production— Tungsten and its use in tool steels —Tungsten- steel ..."

3. Henley's Twentieth Century Forrmulas, Recipes and Processes: Containing Ten by Gardner Dexter Hiscox (1914)
"Then add 10 pounds of "hardener" (made as previously described) and stir well. Remove from furnace, skim off the charcoal, cool the metal with gates to as ..."

4. Camera by Columbia Photographic Society, Philadelphia (1916)
"The most approved method is to make a stock solution of hardener and make up a fresh fixing bath every day or for every batch of prints. ..."

5. The Photographic Journal of America: The Oldest Photography Magazine in America (1917)
"If the hypo is not thoroughly dissolved, the addition of the hardener is ... The most approved method is to make a stock solution of hardener and make up a ..."

6. A Condensed Course in Motion Picture Photography by Charles Wilbur Hoffman, Carl Louis Gregory (1920)
"If after mixing the hardener is milky and a sludge settles out, ... Sometimes a fixing bath turns milky immediately on adding the hardener and sometimes ..."

7. The American Steel Worker: A Twenty-five Years' Experience in the Selection by Edward Russell Markham (1906)
"When the hardener gets through with it, it looks like a cow's horn, and of course the hardener is blamed. If he happens to be a man without any machine shop ..."

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