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Verb: carbonize  'kaa(r)bu`nIz
  1. Unite with carbon
    - carbonise [Brit], carburize, carburise [Brit]
     
  2. Turn into carbon, as by burning
    "carbonize coal"
    - carbonise [Brit]

Derived forms: carbonizing, carbonized, carbonizes

See also: carbon, carbonic, carbonization

Type of: change state, turn

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Carbondale
carbonic
carbonic acid
carbonic acid gas
carboniferous
Carboniferous
Carboniferous period
carbonisation
carbonise
carbonization
carbonize
carbonnade
carbonnade flamande
carbonous
carbonyl
carbonyl group
carbonylic
carborundum
carboxyl
carboxyl group
carboxylate