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    SOLIDIFICATION

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallizationplay

    Example:

    he tested the set of the glue

    Synonyms:

    curing; hardening; set; solidification; solidifying

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting natural processes

    Hypernyms ("solidification" is a kind of...):

    action; activity; natural action; natural process (a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings))

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "solidification"):

    congealment; congelation (the process of congealing; solidification by (or as if by) freezing)

    Holonyms ("solidification" is a part of...):

    plastination (a process involving fixation and dehydration and forced impregnation and hardening of biological tissues; water and lipids are replaced by curable polymers (silicone or epoxy or polyester) that are subsequently hardened)

    Derivation:

    solidify (become solid)

    solidify (make solid or more solid; cause to solidify)

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