Metallize
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal.
"He takes the prepared charcoal used by artists, brings it to a white heat, and suddenly plunges it in a bath of mercury, of which the globules instantly penetrate the pores of charcoal, and may be said to metallize it."
- 2 coat with metal wordnet
Example
More examples"He takes the prepared charcoal used by artists, brings it to a white heat, and suddenly plunges it in a bath of mercury, of which the globules instantly penetrate the pores of charcoal, and may be said to metallize it."
Etymology
From metal + -ize.