Crystallized

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Crystallize \Crys"tal*lize\ (kr[i^]s"tal*l[imac]z), v. t. [imp.
     & p. p. {Crystallized} (-l[imac]zd); p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Crystallizing}.] [Cf. F. cristalliser. See {Crystal}.]
     To cause to form crystals, or to assume the crystalline form.
     [1913 Webster]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  crystallized \crystallized\ adj.
     1. smoothly coated with crystals of sugar; -- used especially
        of fruits.
  
     Syn: candied, glac['e], glac['e]ed.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. caused to form into crystals; hence, in a crystalline
        form.
        [PJC] Crystallogenic

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  crystallized
       adj 1: having become fixed and definite in form; "distinguish
              between crystallized and uncrystallized opinion"-
              Psychological Abstracts [syn: {crystallised}] [ant: {uncrystallized}]
       2: having both internal structure and external form of a
          crystal; "quartz crystal is perfectly crystallized" [syn:
          {crystalised}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

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