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carbonizer

carbonizer

9.9
A furnace that adds carbon to iron or steel by heating it with carbon
  • noun
  • /ˈkɑrbəˌnaɪzər/
  • Specialized
translation icon : carbonizador
  • The metalworker used the carbonizer to enhance the strength of the steel by increasing its carbon content.

Examples

  • The blacksmith relied on the carbonizer to create high-carbon steel for his tools.

  • After heating the iron in the carbonizer, it became more durable and suitable for construction.

  • You sold a reverberating carbonizer with mutate capacity... ...to an unlicensed cephalopoid, Jeebs, you piece of--

    No Country for Old Men (2007)

  • You sold a reverberating carbonizer with mutate capacity to an unlicensed cephalopoid, Jeebs, you piece of...

    Men in Black (1997)

How Carbon-Enriching

carbonizer
  • Specialized
9.9
blast furnace
  • Specialized
3 5.6
forge
69 5.4

Surface Forms

carbonizer singular
carbonizers plural

Morphology

carbonizer = carbonize (transparent) = carbon + ize + er

Formed by adding the agentive suffix '-er' to the verb 'carbonize', producing the predictable meaning 'person or device that carbonizes'.

Etymology

Carbonizer comes from carbon, from Latin carbo meaning 'coal' or 'charcoal', plus -izer meaning 'one that makes or does'. So a carbonizer is a machine that 'adds carbon' to iron or steel to make the metal harder.