CARBONISATION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The destructive distillation of coal (as in coke ovens)

Synonyms:

carbonisation; carbonization

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("carbonisation" is a kind of...):

destructive distillation (heating a solid substance in a closed container and collecting the volatile products)

Derivation:

carbonise (turn into carbon, as by burning)

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