Bessemer process Syllabification: (Bes·se·mer proc·ess)Definition of Bessemer process noun a steel-making process, now largely superseded, in which carbon, silicon, and other impurities are removed from molten pig iron by oxidation in a blast of air in a special tilting retort (a Bessemer converter). Bessemer process in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of Bessemer process in the British & World English dictionary
