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Definition: Crystallize |
CrystallizeVerb1. Cause to take on a definite and clear shape; "He tried to crystallize his thoughts". 2. Make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear: "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault". 3. Cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form; "crystallize minerals". 4. Assume crystalline form; become crystallized. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "crystallize" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1808. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Mining | A. To cause to form crystals or to assume crystalline form; esp. to cause to assume perfect or large crystals. To cause to take a fixed and definite form. To become converted into crystals. To solidify by crystallizing. To deposit crystals. To become fixed and definite in form b. Any process by which matter becomes crystalline from a noncrystallinestate. Also spelled "crystalize.". (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: CrystallizeSynonyms: clarify (v), clear (v), clear up (v), crystalise (v), crystalize (v), crystallise (v), effloresce (v), elucidate (v), enlighten (v), illuminate (v), shed light on (v), sort out (v), straighten out (v). (additional references) |
| Antonym: confuse (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Density | Verb: be dense. Adjective: become solid, render solid. Adjective: solidify, solidate; concrete, set, take a set, consolidate, congeal, coagulate; curd, curdle; lopper; fix, clot, cake, candy, precipitate, deposit, cohere, crystallize; petrify. (harden). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Crystallize |
| English words defined with "crystallize": crystalise, crystalize, crystallise ♦ Glacial acid ♦ isinglass ♦ mica ♦ Recrystallize. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "crystallize": aventurine glass ♦ chemical operator, CHILLER OPERATOR ♦ DEBLOCKER ♦ isomorphous mixture ♦ KETTLE TENDER I ♦ rhythmic crystallization ♦ sabkha, Soluble salt, sulfur ball ♦ TUNGSTEN REFINER. (references) |
| Author | Quotation |
Delsarte | The object of art is to crystallize emotion into thought, and then fix it in form. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| "Crystallize" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 76.27% of the time. "Crystallize" is used about 59 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 76.27% | 45 | 50,900 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 23.73% | 14 | 93,893 |
| Total | 100.00% | 59 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "crystallize"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | shndërroj në kristale, kthjelloj, kristalizoj. (various references) | |
Arabic | كسا ببلورات, تبلور (crystallization, take shape), شكل بلورات, بلور (clarify, crystal). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | кристализирам (solidify), захаросвам се (candy), захаросвам (candy, sugar coat), изяснявам се (clarify, clear, clear up, ravel), изяснявам (clarify, clear, elucidate, enucleate, make understand, ravel, sound out, talk out, translate, unkennel, unscramble). (various references) | |
Chinese | 結晶 (crystal), "晶 (crystallisation, crystallise, crystallised, Crystallization, Crystallized, Crystallizing). (various references) | |
Czech | vykrystalizovat se, tříbit (sift), krystalizovat (granulate). (various references) | |
Danish | udkrystallisere (to crystallize, to grain), kandisere (to candy, to crystallize), kandere (to candy, to crystallize), glasere (to candy, to crystallize), dendritterne,der stoerkner foerst,er fattige paa legeringsingsindhold;restsmelten,der stoerkner til sidst,er rig paa legeringsstof og indeholder hovedparten af de umetalliske indeslutninger (the dentrites crystallize first and are depleted in alloying elements. Finally the remaining liquid crystallizes. It is enriched in alloying elements and contains most of non-metallic inclusions). (various references) | |
Dutch | canderen (to candy, to crystallize), uitkristalliseren (to crystallize, to grain), kanderen (to candy, to crystallize), de dendrieten kristalliseren eerst en zijn arm aan legeringselementen.Daarna kristalliseert de resterende smelt;deze is rijk aan legeringselementen en bevat het merendeel van de slakinsluitsels (the dentrites crystallize first and are depleted in alloying elements. Finally the remaining liquid crystallizes. It is enriched in alloying elements and contains most of non-metallic inclusions). (various references) | |
Farsi | متشکل کردن , شکل دادن (Model). (various references) | |
Finnish | kiteytyä, kiteyttää. (various references) | |
French | cristalliser (crystallisation, to crystallize). (various references) | |
German | zum kristallisieren bringen, verzuckern (sweeten), kristallisieren (jell, solidify, to solidify), kandieren (candy), feste form geben (incarnate), auskristallisieren (crystal formation, crystallization, crystallizing, crystallizing out-, to crystallize, to grain). (various references) | |
Greek | κρυσταλλώνω, αποκρυσταλλώ. (various references) | |
Hebrew | ליצור 'בישים, ל"ת'בש (jell, shape, take shape), ל"פוך ל'ביש, ל'בש (consolidate, shape, solidify, stabilize). (various references) | |
Hungarian | kikristályosít (to crystallize). (various references) | |
Italian | cristallizzarsi (crystallise), cristallizzare (to crystallize, to grain). (various references) | |
Korean | 결 하십시" (crystallise, Decide, Determine). (various references) | |
Manx | crystallaghey (crystallization). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ystallizecray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | cristalizar (candy, granulate, ice). (various references) | |
Romanian | cristaliza (jell), se cristaliza (granulate), glazura, da o formã definitivã. (various references) | |
Russian | кристаллизоваться (solidify). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | kristalisati se, kristalisati. (various references) | |
Spanish | cristalizar (grain). (various references) | |
Swedish | kristallisera (candy). (various references) | |
Turkish | kristalleşmek, kristalize etmek, billurlaştırmak, billurlaşmak, belirginleştirmek (concretize, relieve, set off, signalize), belirginleşmek. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | кристалізуватися (solidify), кристалізувати (grain), викристалізовуватися, викристалізовувати, зацукровувати (candy, sugar coat). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "crystallize": crystallized, crystallizer, crystallizers, crystallizes. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "crystallize": recrystallize. (additional references) | |
Words containing "crystallize": recrystallized, recrystallizes, uncrystallized. (additional references) | |
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"Crystallize" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cristalize, Cristalle, crystalise, Crystalle, crystallis, crystally. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "crystallize" (pronounced kri"stulī'z) |
| 5 | -t u l ī' z | brutalize, capitalize, catalyze, compartmentalize, departmentalize, fertilize, hospitalize, recapitalize, revitalize, tantalize, underutilize, utilize. |
| 4 | -u l ī' z | actualize, alkalies, analyze, annualize, cannibalize, caramelize, centralize, civilize, collateralize, commercialize, criminalize, decentralize, deinstitutionalize, demobilize, demoralize, denationalize, depersonalize, destabilize, editorialize, equalize, evangelize, federalize, fictionalize, finalize, formalize, fossilize, generalize, globalize, hydrolyze, idolize, industrialize, internalize, internationalize, legalize, liberalize, localize, marginalize, materialize, memorialize, metabolize, mineralize, mobilize, monopolize, moralize, nationalize, naturalize, neutralize, normalize, paralyze, penalize, personalize, professionalize, radicalize, rationalize, regionalize, renationalize, scandalize, serialize, socialize, specialize, stabilize, sterilize, symbolize, tranquilize, trivialize, vandalize, verbalize, visualize. |
| 3 | -l ī' z | butterflies, creolize, fireflies, gadflies, idealize, multiplies, realize, stylize. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-i-l-l-r-s-t-y-z" | |
-1 letter: crystalize, sterically. | |
-3 letters: articles, clayiest, craziest, literacy, literals, rallyist, recitals, rectally, serially, sleazily, sterical, stylizer, talliers. | |
-4 letters: acetyls, alertly, article, callers, callets, cartels, cellars, cellist, citrals, clarets, claries, clarity, clayier, clearly, clerisy, clyster, crazies, crazily, crestal, cristae, crystal, czarist, eclairs, elastic, irately, laciest, latices, laziest, literal, lyrical, raciest, rallies, rallyes, realist, reality, recalls. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-i-l-l-r-s-t-y-z" | |
+1 letter: crystallized, crystallizer, crystallizes. | |
+2 letters: crystallizers, recrystallize. | |
+3 letters: crystallizable, recrystallized, recrystallizes, uncrystallized. | |
+4 letters: recrystallizing. | |
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