Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

case-hardened

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.52 in modern English

Syllables: case-hard-ened
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of metal: harder at its surface, due to a case hardening process.

adj

Hardened by experience.

Example Sentences

"Even a case-hardened monorailist must blench at the thought of the storm such a proposition would create."

Synonyms

hardened hard-boiled

Questions

What does case-hardened mean?: Of metal: harder at its surface, due to a case hardening process.

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