Vitrified

6 definitions found

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

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

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



  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  vitrified
       adj : (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}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  vitrify
       v 1: change into glass or a glass-like substance by applying heat
       2: undergo vitrification; become glassy or glass-like
       [also: {vitrified}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  vitrified
       See {vitrify}

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

  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