vitrify

A verb meaning to convert or be converted into glass or a glassy substance, typically through heat and fusion.

• 🇩🇪Verb, das bedeutet, etwas in Glas oder eine glasartige Substanz umzuwandeln oder selbst glasartig zu werden, meist durch Hitze und Schmelzen; auch in der Keramik das Versiegeln der Oberfläche durch Schmelzen.

1. Convert to glass C2 formal scientific

   To transform a material into glass or a glass-like substance through the application of intense heat.

   • The high temperatures in the kiln vitrify the clay, making it waterproof.
   • In some industrial processes, they vitrify hazardous waste to trap it safely.
   • The sand was vitrified by the lightning strike, forming a natural glass tube.

   🇩🇪Zu Glas machen

   Synonyme: glaze

2. Become glassy C2 formal scientific

   To undergo a process of becoming glassy or glass-like in structure or appearance.

   • The volcanic ash began to vitrify upon contact with the extreme heat of the lava.
   • Certain ceramics vitrify when fired at the correct temperature.
   • The material will vitrify if cooled rapidly from a molten state.

   🇩🇪glasig werden

   Synonyme: glassglaze

• vitrified past participle
• vitrified past simple
• vitrifying present participle
• vitrifies third person singular