glassify

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. Synonym of vitrify: to convert a silica-bearing material to a glasslike substance by applying heat.
  2. To the convert sand or soil of (a particular geographic area) to a glasslike state using the heat from a thermonuclear detonation.
  3. To convert (radioactive waste) into a glasslike substance for long-term storage.

Word forms

glassify glassifies glassifying glassified

Etymology

From glass + -ify.

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