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Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of vitrify form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   Converted into glass.

   "Five bus-loads of boys and girls, singing or in a silent embracement, rolled past them over the vitrified highway."

Adjective

1. 1
   (of ceramics) having the surface made shiny and nonporous by fusing a vitreous solution to it wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

backedcalcifiedcallouscallousedcase hardenedcase-hardened

Example

More examples

"The lightning struck the beach, leaving vitrified sand on the impact site."

Related phrases

vitrified clay pipe

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