Get to know Vulcanize better with 2 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like change or process.
Vulcanize meaning
- To treat rubber with heat and (usually) sulfur to harden it and make it more durable.
- To undergo such treatment.
Using Vulcanize
- The main meaning on this page is: To treat rubber with heat and (usually) sulfur to harden it and make it more durable. | To undergo such treatment.
- Useful related words include: vulcanise, change, process, treat.
Context around Vulcanize
- Average sentence length in these examples: 11.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 0 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Vulcanize
- In this selection, "vulcanize" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 11.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, synthetic stand out and add context to how "vulcanize" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include does not vulcanize synthetic polyolefins and rubber to vulcanize it. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "vulcanize" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with vulcanize
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Sulfur is also mixed into rubber to vulcanize it. (9 words)
Sulfur, by itself, is a slow vulcanizing agent and does not vulcanize synthetic polyolefins. (14 words)
Sulfur, by itself, is a slow vulcanizing agent and does not vulcanize synthetic polyolefins. (14 words)
Sulfur is also mixed into rubber to vulcanize it. (9 words)
Example sentences (2)
Sulfur, by itself, is a slow vulcanizing agent and does not vulcanize synthetic polyolefins.
Sulfur is also mixed into rubber to vulcanize it.