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CARBONIZATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The destructive distillation of coal (as in coke ovens)
Synonyms:
carbonisation; carbonization
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("carbonization" is a kind of...):
destructive distillation (heating a solid substance in a closed container and collecting the volatile products)
Derivation:
carbonize (turn into carbon, as by burning)
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