Meanings
verbpowellize (third-person singular simple present powellizes, present participle powellizing, simple past and past participle powellized)
present singular third person powellizes · participle present powellizing · participle past powellized · past powellized
- transitiveTo preserve (wood) by saturating it with a solution of beet sugar and then drying it with artificial heat.
Origin
From Powell + -ize, after the inventor of the process.
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APA
powellize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/powellize
MLA
“powellize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/powellize. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “powellize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/powellize.
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