sinter

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Noun, Verb (transitive)
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sin=ter

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb sinter has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

sintern. [G. Cf. Cinder.].
     Dross, as of iron; the scale which files from iron when hammered; -- applied as a name to various minerals.  [1913 Webster]
Calcareous sinter, a loose banded variety of calcite formed by deposition from lime-bearing waters; calcareous tufa; travertine. -- Ceraunian sinter, fulgurite. -- Siliceous sinter, a light cellular or fibrous opal; especially, geyserite (see Geyserite). It has often a pearly luster, and is then called pearl sinter.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

sinter, n. & v.
--n.
1 a siliceous or calcareous rock formed by deposition from springs.
2 a substance formed by sintering.
--v.intr. & tr. coalesce or cause to coalesce from powder into solid by heating.

Etymology
G, = E sinder CINDER

ROGET THESAURUS

sinter

Semiliquidity

VB inspissate, incrassate, thicken, mash, squash, churn, beat up, sinter.


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