Associations to the word «Carbonize»

Wiktionary

CARBONIZE, verb. To turn something to carbon, especially by heating it; to scorch or blacken.
CARBONIZE, verb. (chemistry) To react something with carbon.

Dictionary definition

CARBONIZE, verb. Unite with carbon; "carburize metal".
CARBONIZE, verb. Turn into carbon, as by burning; "carbonize coal".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne