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anodize
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb anodize has 1 sense
- anodize(v = verb.change) anodise - coat a metal with an oxide coat; Array is one way to coat, surface
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CIDE DICTIONARY
anodize, v.
to coat a metal with an oxide coat by electrolytic action at an anode; -- used especially to coat aluminum. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
anodize, v.tr. (also -ise) coat (a metal, esp. aluminium) with a protective oxide layer by electrolysis.
Derivative
anodizer n.
Etymology
ANODE + -IZE
ROGET THESAURUS
anodize
Covering
VB cover, superpose, superimpose, overlay, overspread, wrap, encase, incase, face, case, veneer, pave, paper, tip, cap, bind, bulkhead, bulkhead in, clapboard, coat, paint, varnish, pay, incrust, stucco, dab, plaster, tar, wash, besmear, bedaub, anoint, do over, gild, plate, japan, lacquer, lacker, enamel, whitewash, parget, lay it on thick, overlie, overarch, endome, conceal, anodize, galvanize.
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