heat-treat
verb
ˈhēt-ˌtrēt 
heat-treated; heat-treating; heat-treats
transitive verb
: to subject to heat
especially : to treat (a material, such as metal) by heating and cooling in a way that will produce desired properties
heat treater noun
heat treatment noun
Word History
First Known Use
1907, in the meaning defined above
heat-treating
verb
as in baking
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- baking
- tempering
- heating
- steaming
- broiling
- boiling
- microwaving
- toasting
- warming
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- cooling
- refrigerating
- chilling
- freezing
- frosting
- supercooling
- air-conditioning
- quick-freezing
- icing
- Turkey leather
- turkey louse
- Turkey morocco
- turkey mullein
- turkey oak
- turkey oilstone
- turkey pea
- turkey pod
- Turkey red
- Turkey rhubarb
- turkey shoot
- turkey slate
- Turkey sponge
- Turkey stone
- turkey toilet
- Turkey toilet sponge
- turkey trot
- Turkey umber
- turkey vulture
- Turkey wheat
- turkey wing
- turkey work
- turkey-cock
- turkey-gobbler
- turkey-red oil