to reharden
- verb
- /riˈhɑrdən/
- After being exposed to the cold air, the wax began to reharden on the surface.
Examples
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If the clay dries out, it can reharden and become difficult to shape again.
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The metal will reharden once it cools down after being heated.
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The metal will reharden after cooling.
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Can you reharden this clay?
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After cooling, the molten plastic will reharden into a solid form.
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The metal can be reheated and then rehardened through a special cooling process.
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Once the mixture cools, it will begin to reharden and regain its strength.
Synonyms
Make something hard or solid
Form new crystals in a material after heating or melting
Heat then cool steel to make it less brittle and easier to shape
To make something firm and strong again after it is damaged
Antonyms
How Hard
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Reharden is made of re- 'again' and harden 'to make hard'. So it means to become or make hard again, as when wax or metal hardens after it cools.