asbestify
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To convert into asbestos or into a mixture containing asbestos.
Example Sentences
- "The connecting rod bearings are brass backed and asbestified and have four bolts, insuring rigidity and providing a wider margin of safety."
- "No attempt has been made to strip the south contact of the peridotite between these two points, so that it is not known whether there is a continuous band of asbestified rock along the south contact of the peridotite."
- "In the fringe at the pegmatite contact the amphibole has been almost totally asbestified, but near offshoots the degree of its asbestification falls to 40 or 30%.[…]The totally asbestified holmquistite is accompanied by grains slightly affected by this process as well as by crystals showing latent fibrousness."
- "The solid was stored at less than 0°C, and asbestified until mixing and use."
Etymology
From asbestos + -ify.