Meanings
verbsulfurize (third-person singular simple present sulfurizes, present participle sulfurizing, simple past and past participle sulfurized)
present singular third person sulfurizes · participle present sulfurizing · participle past sulfurized · past sulfurized
- To treat or react with sulfur or sulfur dioxide.
Synonyms: sulfurate, sulphurate, sulfuret, sulphuret
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo treat or react with sulfur or sulfur dioxide.
Also see
Origin
- Latinsulpur
- Latinsulfur
- Latinsulphur
- Anglo-Normansulfre
- Middle Englishsulphur
- Englishsulfur
- Englishsulfurize
Translations
Finnish rikittää
- rikittääto treat with sulfur
French sulfuriser
- sulfuriserto treat with sulfur
German schwefeln
- schwefelnto treat with sulfur
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APA
sulfurize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sulfurize
MLA
“sulfurize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sulfurize. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sulfurize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sulfurize.
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