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Definition: Homogenize |
HomogenizeVerb1. Make equal or homogeneous as by mixing; "homogenize the main ingredients". 2. Break up fat globules, as of dairy products; "homogenized milk". 3. Become homogeneous or similar, as by mixing; "The two liquids homogenized in the blender". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: HomogenizeSynonym: homogenise (v). (additional references) |
| Antonym: curdle (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Uniformity | Render uniform, homogenize; Adjective: assimilate, level, smooth, dress. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Homogenize |
| Specialty definitions using "homogenize": calender-roll operator ♦ mill-roll operator ♦ ROLL OPERATOR. (references) |
| "Homogenize" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Homogenize" is used about 2 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) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
homogenize | 9 |
equipment homogenize | 7 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "homogenize"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | جانس يجعله متجانسا. (various references) | |
Chinese | 均匀 (homogenise, homogenised, homogenized). (various references) | |
Czech | homogenizovat. (various references) | |
Dutch | homogeniseren (homogenization). (various references) | |
Farsi | یکجوروهم جنس کردن . (various references) | |
Finnish | homogenisoida. (various references) | |
French | homogénéiser. (various references) | |
German | homogenisieren (homogenization). (various references) | |
Greek | κάμνω ομοιογενέσ. (various references) | |
Italian | omogeneizzare (homogenise). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | ホッパー車 (hobby, hobby craft, Hoffmann, homo, Homo economicus, Homo erectus, Homo habilis, Homo ludens, Homo movens, Homo sapiens, homophony, homosexual, Honolulu, hop, hopper car, hops, hotel, photo multiplier, pogo stick). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ホモゲナイズ , ホモジナイズ . (various references) | |
Korean | 균질화하십시요 (homogenise). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | omogenizehay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | homogeneizar. (various references) | |
Romanian | omogeniza (homologize). (various references) | |
Russian | гомогенизировать. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | homogenizovati. (various references) | |
Spanish | homogenizar, homogeneizar. (various references) | |
Swedish | homogenisera. (various references) | |
Turkish | homojenleştirmek, iyice karıştırmak. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | гомогенізувати. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "homogenize": homogenized, homogenizer, homogenizers, homogenizes. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "homogenize": overhomogenize. (additional references) | |
Words containing "homogenize": overhomogenized, overhomogenizes, unhomogenized. (additional references) | |
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"Homogenize" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: homodenize, homogenise, homogenizer, homoginize. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "homogenize" (pronounced hōmÄ"junī'z) |
| 4 | -u n ī' z | agonize, aluminize, antagonize, balkanize, carbonize, colonize, communize, demonize, disorganize, euthanize, galvanize, harmonize, hellenize, humanize, ionize, lionize, mechanize, organize, patronize, reorganize, revolutionize, scrutinize, suburbanize, synchronize, unionize, urbanize, womanize. |
| 3 | -n ī' z | fraternize, immunize, ironize, modernize, recognize, westernize. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-g-h-i-m-n-o-o-z" | |
-3 letters: heezing, zooming. | |
-4 letters: genome, goonie, hoeing, homing, mongoe, mooing, oohing, oozing. | |
-5 letters: genie, genom, gizmo, gnome, gonzo, hemin, hinge, mizen, mongo, monie, neigh, nomoi, ohing, ozone. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-g-h-i-m-n-o-o-z" | |
+1 letter: homogenized, homogenizer, homogenizes. | |
+2 letters: homogenizers. | |
+3 letters: unhomogenized. | |
+4 letters: overhomogenize. | |
+5 letters: overhomogenized, overhomogenizes. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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