📖 Definitions of "Devitrify"
verb
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(of a glassy material) To become crystalline and brittle
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Devitrify"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| glassnoun | (usually uncountable) An amorphous solid, often transparent substance, usually made by melting silica sand with various additives (for most purposes, a mixture of soda, potash and lime is added). |
| brittle | Inflexible; liable to break, snap, or shatter easily under stress, pressure, or impact; crackly. |
| embrittleverb | (transitive) To make (something) brittle. |
| decrystallizeverb | (transitive) To remove crystals from (a substance). |
| glacifyverb | (transitive) To cause to turn into ice. |
| uncrystallizeverb | To cease to be crystallized; to undo crystallization, as to melt or dissolve. |
| decrepitatenoun | (intransitive) Of salts and minerals, to crackle when heated, indicating a sudden breakdown of their particles. |
| uncrystalliseverb | Alternative form of uncrystallize. [To cease to be crystallized; to undo crystallization, as to melt or dissolve.] |
| amorphizeverb | (intransitive) To become amorphous. |
| glassifyverb | (transitive) Synonym of vitrify: to convert a silica-bearing material to a glasslike substance by applying heat. |
| stonifyverb | (dated) To become stone, to turn to stone. |
| lapidifyverb | (transitive) To convert into stone or stony material; to petrify. |
| devolveverb | (especially of a central government to a local one, a federal one to a federated one, etc.) To transfer authority and responsibility for (something) to (another entity). |
| witherverb | (intransitive) To shrivel, droop or dry up, especially from lack of water. |
| chillnoun | A moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating coldness. |
| crumbleverb | (transitive) To break into crumbs. |
| crispnoun | Senses relating to something brittle. |
| deliquiateverb | (intransitive) To melt and become liquid by absorbing water from the air; to deliquesce. |
| deliquesceverb | (intransitive) To melt by absorbing water and disappearing. |
| shrivel upverb | To become completely shriveled; to completely dry up and become wrinkled. |
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