Definitions for vitrifies

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vitrifies vit·ri·fy

Spelling: [vi-truh-fahy]

IPA: /ˈvɪ trəˌfaɪ/

Vitrifies is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 211 anagrams from letters in vitrifies (efiiirstv).

Definitions for vitrifies

verb (used with or without object)

1. to convert or be converted into glass.
2. to make or become vitreous.

Origin of vitrifies

1585-95; vitri- + -fy; compare French vitrifier

Examples for vitrifies

This furnace must give a heat strong enough to vitrify lead, and therewith all the alloy which the perfect metals may contain.

We cannot but suspect any medium under which the pigments will not vitrify.

Seventhly, That all kind of vitrify'd substances, by being suddenly cool'd, become very hard and brittle.