hardening

hardening

English

Verb

hardening

1. present participle of harden

Noun

hardening (plural hardenings)

1. The process by which something hardens.
2. That which hardens, such as a material used for converting the surface of iron into steel.

Derived terms

• hardening of the arteries

Translations

process

Catalan: enduriment (ca) m Finnish: kovettuminen; kovettaminen (fi)

German: Härten (de) n, Härtung (de) f Spanish: endurecimiento m

that which hardens

Finnish: kovete

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for hardening in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)