vitrify

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

• 🇫🇷Verbe signifiant transformer ou se transformer en verre ou en substance vitreuse, généralement sous l'effet de la chaleur et de la fusion.

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.

   🇫🇷Vitrifier (convertir en verre)

   Synonymes: 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.

   🇫🇷Se vitrifier

   Synonymes: glassglaze

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