Meaning

(transitive, chemistry, physics) To make something form into crystals..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive, chemistry, physics) To make something form into crystals.
2. (intransitive) To assume a crystalline form.
3. (transitive) To give a definite or precise form to (something).
4. (intransitive) To take a definite form.
5. (transitive) To coat something with crystals, especially with sugar.

Example Sentences

I crystallized the copper sulfate by slowly cooling a saturated solution.

The copper sulphate crystallized from solution.

After some thought, I crystallized my ideas for the paper.

My ideas crystallized overnight.

The situation did crystallize, if painfully, under the stars, and by morning each knew what he must confess.

We crystallized the fruit by coating in sugar.

Word Forms

• crystallizes
• crystallizing
• crystallized
• crystalize
• crystallise
• crystalise

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Use crystallize when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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