verb
- converting or being converted into carbon or a carbon residue by heating in the absence of air
Usage: present participle of carbonize
Examples
- The wood was carbonizing slowly in the kiln.
- High temperatures are carbonizing the organic material.
- The process of carbonizing coal produces coke.
- They are carbonizing the bamboo to make activated charcoal.
- The fire was carbonizing the wooden beams.
- Scientists are carbonizing plant matter for research.