Dictionary

vitrify en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈvɪt.ɹɪˌfaɪ/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle French vitrifier, from Latin vitrum (“glass”).

Meanings

1. (transitive) To convert into glass or a glass-like substance by heat and fusion.
2. (intransitive) To be converted into glass, especially through heat.
   • Her work was endless, she carried tubs and cauldrons and pails of heat-blasted sand, sand blasted into liquid glass, up the ladder that had vitrified where her bucket splashed, and tipped the liquid glass into the swimming pool, where, at the touch of the water, it turned into her huge, solid tears. 1982 [1977], Angela Carter, The Passion of New Eve, London: Virago Press, →ISBN:
   • A large percentage of all Late Horizon fragments at this site was overfired, to the point where many were vitrified, black to dark brown, and misshapen, some with blistered surfaces. 1976, Dorothy Menzel, Pottery Style and Society in Ancient Peru: Art as a Mirror of History in the Ica Valley, 1350–1570, Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, →ISBN, page 30:

Forms

Deriveds

devitrify

Relateds

vitreous · vitrification · vitrifaction · vitrifacture

Synonyms

glassify (convert into glassy substance)

Translations (22)

es vitrificarse (to be made into glass) · it vetrificare (convert into glassy substance) · fr vitrifier (convert into glassy substance) · io vitrigar (convert into glassy substance) · bg остъклявам (convert into glassy substance) · da forglasse (convert into glassy substance) · pt vitrificar (to be made into glass) · tr camlaşmak (to be made into glass) · pl zeszklić (to be made into glass) · ga gloinigh (convert into glassy substance) · io vitreskar (to be made into glass) · pt vitrificar (convert into glassy substance) · ca envidriar (convert into glassy substance) · es vitrificar (to be made into glass) · fr vitrifier (to be made into glass) · ga gloinigh (to be made into glass) · el υαλοποιώ (convert into glassy substance) · tr camlaştırmak (convert into glassy substance) · ca vitrificar (convert into glassy substance) · es vitrificar (convert into glassy substance) · fr vitrer (convert into glassy substance) · cs zeskelnatět (convert into glassy substance)