Antonyms for vitrified


Grammar : Adj, verb
Spell : vi-truh-fahy
Phonetic Transcription : ˈvɪ trəˌfaɪ


Definition of vitrified

Origin :
  • 1590s, from Middle French vitrifier (16c.), from Latin vitrium "glass" (see vitreous) + -ficare, from facere "to make, do" (see factitious). Related: Vitrified.
  • As in thick : adj concentrated, dense
  • As in indurate : verb harden
  • As in glaze : verb varnish, lacquer
  • As in harden : verb make or become solid
Example sentences :
  • The vitrified forts surrounding England, but not in England.
  • Extract from : « The Book of the Damned » by Charles Fort
  • The stones of these forts exist to this day, vitrified, or melted and turned to glass.
  • Extract from : « The Book of the Damned » by Charles Fort
  • But upon hills, all over the rest of the world, are remains of forts that are not vitrified.
  • Extract from : « The Book of the Damned » by Charles Fort
  • It was also employed in enamel painting as it vitrified without change.
  • Extract from : « Field's Chromatography » by George Field
  • Since the materials were to be vitrified by the process, they should be baked like glass.
  • Extract from : « Stories of Invention » by Edward E. Hale
  • Seven other kinds of clay, sent by Mr. Wedgwood, were all vitrified.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Curiosities » by I. Platts
  • The harder the brick the better it is—vitrified brick is the best.
  • Extract from : « Essays In Pastoral Medicine » by Austin Malley
  • Happily, this is an age of glazed-ware and vitrified goods of every description.
  • Extract from : « The Turkish Bath » by Robert Owen Allsop
  • Many of the ashes in these beds are vitrified, and harsh to the touch.
  • Extract from : « Principles of Geology » by Charles Lyell
  • They were vitrified when the globe received its form, which necessarily supposes that the matter was in fusion.
  • Extract from : « Buffon's Natural History, Volume I (of II) » by Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon

Synonyms for vitrified

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