Sinter

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Geology A chemical sediment or crust, as of porous silica, deposited by a mineral spring.
  • n. A mass formed by sintering.
  • v. To cause (metallic powder, for example) to form a coherent mass by heating without melting.
  • verb-intransitive. To form a coherent mass by heating without melting.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An alluvial sediment deposited by a mineral spring.
  • n. A mass formed by sintering.
  • n. A mixture of iron ore and fluxes added to a blast furnace.
  • v. To compact and heat a powder to form a solid mass.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Dross, as of iron; the scale which files from iron when hammered; -- applied as a name to various minerals.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Silicious or calcareous matter deposited by springs.
  • n. An obsolete form of center.
  • To compact or become compacted together by partial fusion, so as to resemble sinter. See sintering.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. cause (ores or powdery metals) to become a coherent mass by heating without melting
  • Verb Form
    sintered    sintering    sinters   
    Hypernym
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    work    mold    mould    form    shape    forge   
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