Vulcanize

Definition of Vulcanize

Vul´can`ize

v. t.

1.

To change the properties of, as caoutchouc, or India rubber, by the process of vulcanization.

[imp. & p. p. Vulcanized ; p. pr. & vb. n. Vulcanizing .]

Vulcanized fiber
paper, paper pulp, or other fiber, chemically treated, as with metallic chlorides, so as to form a substance resembling ebonite in texture, hardness, etc.

Vulcanized rubber
India rubber, vulcanized. - Knight.

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blaze, blister, brand, burn, burn in, burn off, cast, cauterize, char, coal, crack, cupel, elasticize, flame, found, oxidate, oxidize, parch, pyrolyze, rubber, rubberize, scorch, sear, singe, solder, swinge, torrefy, vesicate, weld

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