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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