hardenings

Meanings

Noun

• abnormal hardening or thickening of tissue
• the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization
• the act of making something harder (firmer or tighter or more compact)
• plural of hardening

Verb

• become hard or harder
• make hard or harder
• harden by reheating and cooling in oil
• make fit
• cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate

Synonyms

curing, harden, hardening, indurate, inure, season, set, solidification, solidifying, temper

Antonyms

soften