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devitrify

Pronunciation: /diːˈvɪtrɪfʌɪ/

Definition of devitrify

verb (devitrifies, devitrifying, devitrified)

  • (with reference to glass or vitreous rock) become or make hard, opaque, and crystalline: [no object]:glasses are not particularly stable materials, and in the course of time they devitrify (as adjective devitrified)bands of devitrified glass

Derivatives

devitrification

Pronunciation: /-fɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/

noun

devitrify in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of devitrify in the US English dictionary