Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Specifically, in the treatment of textile materials, the process by which wool and similar animal fibers are freed from vegetable matter such as cotton, burs, straw, etc.
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- verb Present participle of
carbonize .
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Examples
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Dr. Helm says the most cost-effective way of "de-carbonizing" U.K. energy, at least in the short term, would be to switch from coal to cleaner-burning natural gas in power generation.
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For this reason, steps towards de-carbonizing any of the G-20 countries will be expensive.
Ben Carmichael: A Bad Economy Makes For A Bad Environment 2009
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Every year the economic transformation is delayed will increase its costs and the rate of low-carbon industrial growth required for de-carbonizing industry.
William S. Becker: Road to Copenhagen - Part 3: Re-Tooling Industry 2009
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The princess in a different Givenchy in each scene, Chaucer made accessible by brilliant acting and writing and by being called Jeffery and by appearing naked, the chick carbonizing steel and knocking, can you forget the name Thatcher? on his butt to test it, and the soundtrack.
"Mr. Ledger magically and mysteriously disappears beneath the skin of his lean, sinewy character." Ann Althouse 2008
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Attempts to meet the Millennium Development Goals relating to poverty, water and other fundamental issues may also fail without swift and sustained action towards de-carbonizing economies.
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Yeah, builders should cut the number of installed outlets in half, causing homeowners to overload the existing circuits, burning down carbonizing the house.
dustbury.com » The pained, it’s plain, look vainly at the mains 2007
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I could smell the meatloaf carbonizing on the burner, and the thought of eating it nearly made me sick.
Bulletproof Girl Quinn Dalton 2005
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I could smell the meatloaf carbonizing on the burner, and the thought of eating it nearly made me sick.
Bulletproof Girl Quinn Dalton 2005
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I could smell the meatloaf carbonizing on the burner, and the thought of eating it nearly made me sick.
Bulletproof Girl Quinn Dalton 2005
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Simna started to cough, choking on the ashes from the carbonizing vegetation and the air that had begun to sear his lungs.
A Triumph of Souls Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2000
vendingmachine commented on the word carbonizing
Also, the process in which the strips of bamboo are boiled, bringing the natural sugars to the surface.
June 23, 2015