vulcanized

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

(used of rubber) treated by a chemical or physical process to improve its properties (hardness and strength and odor and elasticity)Synonyms: cured vulcanised

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Vulcanize \Vul"can*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vulcanized; p. pr. & vb. n. Vulcanizing.] To change the properties of, as caoutchouc, or India rubber, by the process of vulcanization. [1913 Webster]

Vulcanized fiber, paper, paper pulp, or other fiber, chemically treated, as with metallic chlorides, so as to form a substance resembling ebonite in texture, hardness, etc. --Knight.

Vulcanized rubber, India rubber, vulcanized. [1913 Webster]