Calorize
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Calorize is a verb meaning To form a protective surface on (a ferrous metal) by coating with aluminum powder and then heating.
Meaning
To form a protective surface on (a ferrous metal) by coating with aluminum powder and then heating.
More Meanings
- (intransitive, dated) To follow a diet that focuses on the number of calories in food.
- (transitive) To provide information about the number of calories in (a food item).
- (transitive) To make (food) with high-calorie ingredients.
Example Sentences
He will vitaminize and calorize you into gaining weight.
Forged, wrought, drawn, rolled or pressed metals calorize better than cast metals.
She too is calorizing. She will retain her flapper figure--- and starve herself to do it!
He finds that materials that have been mechanically worked calorize better than cast material.
Word Forms
- calorizes
- calorizing
- calorized
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include calorise, alitize, soak, anodize, powder-coat, chill.
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