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bessemerize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
besse-mer-ize
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To convert iron to steel by the Bessemer process.

Etymology

From Bessemer + -ize.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

bessemerizes (present, singular) bessemerizing (participle, present) bessemerized (participle, past) bessemerized (past)

Derived Forms

bessemerization

Questions

What does bessemerize mean?
To convert iron to steel by the Bessemer process.
Where does bessemerize come from?
From Bessemer + -ize.

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