anneal
🇺🇸
/əˈniːl/
🇬🇧
/əˈniːl/
verb
R
To heat a material like metal or glass and then let it cool slowly to make it softer and more workable.
The glassblower had to anneal the glass to shape it into a vase.
translation
To heat a material like metal or glass and then let it cool slowly to make it softer and more workable.
Word Forms
3rd Present
anneals
Past
annealed
Perfect
annealed
Progressive
annealing