ballize

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verb

To burnish (metal) by a technique that involves pushing an oversized ball through a hole.

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Meanings

verbballize (third-person singular simple present ballizes, present participle ballizing, simple past and past participle ballized)

present singular third person ballizes · participle present ballizing · participle past ballized · past ballized

  1. transitiveTo burnish (metal) by a technique that involves pushing an oversized ball through a hole.

    It is possible to ballize stainless steel

    1982, Engineering Materials and Design, volume 26, page 11
  2. intransitiveTo undergo such a process.

    Metals that ballize successfully are: Sintered iron, sintered brass and other sintered materials. Aluminium, brass, bronze, copper, lead and cadmium. Mild and tool steels. […]

    1971, Science and Australian Technology, volumes 9-12, page 16

Origin

From ball + -ize.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

ballize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ballize

MLA

“ballize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ballize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ballize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ballize.

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