to temper

Examples

• All

• Most of the material cools at the slow rates required to make conventionally tempered products.

  Academic text (2011)

• If you want a true edge you have to used tempered steel.

  Saw V (2008)

• I need the pure water to temper the iron.

  Fiction book (1991)

• I have 50 miles of my new rail tempered and ready to roll.

  Atlas Shrugged: Part I (2011)

• Four inches of tempered steel over half a meter of concrete.

  Renegades (2017)

• Those hinges are tempered steel.

  Armored (2009)

• The viewing area below us will have eight-inch tempered glass set in reinforced steel frames.

  Fiction book (1993)

• When you put flame to the tip of a harpoon to temper it... even the hardest steel melts if the flame is too hot.

  Edge of Darkness (1943)

• During manufacture, chocolate bars are gradually heated and cooled in a tempering process similar to that used to make steel.

  Academic text (2002)

• The blacksmith tempered the iron by heating it and then plunging it into cool water.

Synonyms

Q

to quench

vsto temper

• Specialized

1 7.1

To cool hot metal quickly in water or oil to make it hard

hardens while also improving flexibility rather than only rapid hardening

A

to anneal

vsto temper

• Specialized

1 8.9

To heat metal or glass then let it cool slowly to make it stronger

is focused on hardening and improving flexibility by heating and cooling

N

to normalize

vsto temper

• Specialized

1 7.0

Heat then cool metal or glass to make its texture and strength even

aims to harden while also improving flexibility rather than altering texture only

A

to anneal the steel

vsto temper

• Specialized

7.2

Heat then cool steel to make it less brittle and easier to shape

is the broader method for hardening while improving strength and flexibility

Antonyms

S

to soften

55 1.3

Become soft or make something soft

Idioms

L

to lose one's temper

2 3.7

To suddenly become very angry and not be able to control yourself

K

to keep one's temper

1 4.4

Stay calm and not get angry in a difficult situation

Compounds

B

bad temper

14 3.4

A habit of getting angry easily and staying in a bad mood

S

short temper

3 4.1

Getting angry or losing patience very quickly

Q

quick temper

2 3.9

To become angry easily or suddenly

G

good temper

1 1.4

Feeling cheerful and pleasant with other people

I

ill temper

1 4.6

A bad mood that makes someone easily angry

C

combustious temper

• Archaic

8.9

A tendency to get angry very quickly

How Hard

to harden

27 2.6

to temper

• Specialized

9 6.4

to anneal

• Specialized

1 8.9

Surface Forms

Etymology