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carbonizer

9.5

A person or machine that turns plant waste like wood into charcoal by heating it without air

noun
/ˈkɑːrbəˌnaɪzər/

Specialized

: carbonizador

The carbonizer efficiently converts wood into charcoal.

Examples

Many farmers use a carbonizer for agricultural waste.
The factory installed a new carbonizer to process agricultural waste into charcoal.
Researchers tested the efficiency of the carbonizer with different types of biomass.
Using a carbonizer can help reduce waste by turning it into useful biochar.
The factory installed a new carbonizer to process agricultural waste into charcoal.
Researchers tested the efficiency of the carbonizer with different types of biomass.
Using a carbonizer can help reduce waste by turning it into useful biochar.

Synonyms

charcoal burner

vscarbonizer

Archaic

7.7

A person who makes fuel for fires by burning wood slowly

includes both people and devices that turn organic matter into charcoal without air

How Charcoal-Producing

carbonizer

Specialized

9.5

charcoal burner

4.5

barbecue pit

3 2.4

Surface Forms

carbonizer singular

carbonizers plural

Morphology

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

Agent nominalization from 'carbonize' by adding '-er' yields the expected 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 person or machine that 'turns' wood or plant waste into charcoal by heating it with little or no air.