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What does carbonize mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word carbonize? Here's what it means.

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  1. To turn something to carbon, especially by heating it; to scorch or blacken.
  2. (chemistry) To react something with carbon.
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When exposed to heat or flame, the fibers carbonize and expand, reducing the oxygen content within the fabric.
When exposed to intense heat or flame, the fibers carbonize and then expand, dramatically reducing the oxygen content within the fabric.
Empyreuma, the smell arising from organic matter when subjected to the action of fire, but not enough to carbonize it entirely.
The process can cost effectively carbonize and pelletize almost any form of biomass with virtually no external energy inputs.
To carbonize the coffee grounds, she and her colleagues mixed the grounds with water and zinc, and then dried the mixture in an oven.
To carbonize wood under a movable covering, the plan of meiler, or heaps, is employed very much in Germany.

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