crystallize
Collocations
1VERB + CRYSTALLIZE
began, compound, fears
Definitions
verb
To make something form into crystals.
I crystallized the copper sulfate by slowly cooling a saturated solution.
To assume a crystalline form.
The copper sulphate crystallized from solution.
To give a definite or precise form to (something).
After some thought, I crystallized my ideas for the paper.
To take a definite form.
My ideas crystallized overnight.
The situation did crystallize, if painfully, under the stars, and by morning each knew what he must confess.
To coat something with crystals, especially with sugar.
We crystallized the fruit by coating in sugar.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
verb — cause to take on a definite and clear shape
- crystallise
- crystalise
- crystalize
verb — assume crystalline form
- crystalize
- crystalise
- effloresce
verb — cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form
- crystallise
- crystalize
- crystalise
verb — make free from confusion or ambiguity
- clear
- crystallise
- crystalize
- crystalise
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
5I crystallized the copper sulfate by slowly cooling a saturated solution.
WiktionaryThe copper sulphate crystallized from solution.
WiktionaryAfter some thought, I crystallized my ideas for the paper.
WiktionaryIf you increase the temperature, the compound will crystallize.
Tatoeba · #4102281Sami's terrible secret fears began to crystallize.
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