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oil-harden

oil-hard·en
O o

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [oil hahr-dn]
    • /ɔɪl ˈhɑr dn/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [oil hahr-dn]
    • /ɔɪl ˈhɑr dn/

Definition of oil-harden word

  • verb with object oil-harden to quench (steel) in a bath of oil. 1

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Origin of oil-harden

First appearance:

before 1900
One of the 17% newest English words
First recorded in 1900-05

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Parts of speech for Oil-harden

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

oil-harden popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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