vitrified

4 definitions found

vitrified - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Vitrified \Vit"ri*fied\, a.
     Converted into glass.
     [1913 Webster]

  Vitrify \Vit"ri*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vitrified; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Vitrifying.] [F. vitrifier; L. vitrum glass +
     -ficare to make. See Vitreous, -fy.]
     To convert into, or cause to resemble, glass or a glassy
     substance, by heat and fusion.
     [1913 Webster]

vitrified - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  vitrified
      adj 1: (of ceramics) having the surface made shiny and nonporous
             by fusing a vitreous solution to it; "glazed pottery";
             "glassy porcelain"; "hard vitreous china used for
             plumbing fixtures" [syn: glassy, vitreous,
             vitrified]

vitrified - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  27 Moby Thesaurus words for "vitrified":
     backed, calcified, callous, calloused, case-hardened, crusted,
     crusty, crystallized, fossilized, granulated, hardened, hornified,
     incrusted, indurate, indurated, lapidified, ossified, petrified,
     reinforced, rigidified, sclerotic, set, solidified, steeled,
     stiffened, strengthened, toughened