carbonize

• POS: Verb (usu participle), Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: car=bon=ize

CIDE DICTIONARY

carbonize, v. t. [Cf. F. carboniser.].

•  To convert (an animal or vegetable substance) into a residue of carbon by the action of fire or some corrosive agent; to char.  [1913 Webster]
•  To impregnate or combine with carbon, as in making steel by cementation.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

carbonize, v.tr. (also -ise)
1 convert into carbon by heating.
2 reduce to charcoal or coke.
3 coat with carbon.

Derivative

carbonization n.