[syn: crystallized, crystalised]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Crystallize \Crys"tal*lize\ (kr[i^]s"tal*l[imac]z), v. t. [imp.
& p. p. Crystallized (-l[imac]zd); p. pr. & vb. n.
Crystallizing.] [Cf. F. cristalliser. See Crystal.]
To cause to form crystals, or to assume the crystalline form.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
crystallized \crystallized\ adj.
1. smoothly coated with crystals of sugar; -- used especially
of fruits.
Syn: candied, glac['e], glac['e]ed.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. caused to form into crystals; hence, in a crystalline
form.
[PJC] Crystallogenic
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
crystallized
adj 1: having become fixed and definite in form; "distinguish
between crystallized and uncrystallized opinion"-
Psychological Abstracts [syn: crystallized,
crystallised] [ant: uncrystallised, uncrystallized]
2: having both internal structure and external form of a
crystal; "quartz crystal is perfectly crystallized" [syn:
crystallized, crystalised]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
27 Moby Thesaurus words for "crystallized":
backed, calcified, callous, calloused, case-hardened, crusted,
crusty, fossilized, granulated, hardened, hornified, incrusted,
indurate, indurated, lapidified, ossified, petrified, reinforced,
rigidified, sclerotic, set, solidified, steeled, stiffened,
strengthened, toughened, vitrified