recarburise
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
Example Sentences
- "In the early days of the Bessemer process attempts were made to recarburise iron in the converter by the addition of charcoal, but it was not then known that at high temperatures carbon is harder to oxidise than manganese and silicon, and unless oxygen is first removed the steel is useless."
- "The placing of the mould immediately after casting into a bin filled with charcoal helps to recarburise the surface."