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Definition of Carbonise
1. Verb. Unite with carbon. "Carburize metal"
Category relationships: Chemical Science, Chemistry
Generic synonyms: Change State, Turn
Derivative terms: Carbon, Carbon, Carbon, Carbon
2. Verb. Turn into carbon, as by burning. "Carbonize coal"
Generic synonyms: Change State, Turn
Entails: Heat, Heat Up, Hot Up
Derivative terms: Carbon, Carbonisation, Carbon, Carbonic, Carbonization
Definition of Carbonise
1. Verb. (chiefly British) (alternative spelling of carbonize) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Carbonise
Literary usage of Carbonise
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions (1899)
"The 20-feet retorts will carbonise 3136 Ibs. of coal in the 24 hours, as against Mr.
Marshall•s 1720; so that the comparison is as between machine-operated ..."
2. The Kinematics of Machinery: Outlines of a Theory of Machines by Franz Reuleaux (1876)
"When the dust which collects in the groove formed by the friction begins to
carbonise, the pressure and velocity are doubled. " It is remarkable that in ..."
3. The Chemistry of cookery by William Mattieu Williams (1900)
"But in ordinary cooking we do not go so far as to carbonise the fat itself, though
we do brown or partially carbonise the membrane which envelopes the fat. ..."
4. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial ScienceChemistry (1894)
"Incorporate thoroughly by adding dilute alcohol and mixing ; dry and ignite as
above. Deduct the weight of zinc used from the weight of ash. ((-) carbonise ..."
5. A Statistical Account of Bengal by William Wilson Hunter (1877)
"STATISTICAL ACCOUNT OF CHAMPARAN. of the manufacture is to carbonise the water;
in other words, by the introduction of air and light to separate the ..."
6. Annual Report of the American Institute of the City of New York (1857)
"A ton of coal yields about fifty- two bushels of coke, and requires twenty-seven
bushels to carbonise it. A great contrast to the London works, ..."
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