From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Vitrified \Vit"ri*fied\, adjective Converted into glass.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Vitrify \Vit"ri*fy\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Vitrified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Vitrifying}.] [F. vitrifier; L. vitrum glass + -ficare to make. See {Vitreous}, {-fy}.] To convert into, or cause to resemble, glass or a glassy substance, by heat and fusion.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: (of ceramics) having the surface made shiny and nonporous by fusing a vitreous solution to it; "glazed pottery"; "glassy porcelain"; "hard vitreous china used for plumbing fixtures" [syn: {glassy}, {vitreous}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
verb
1: change into glass or a glass-like substance by applying heat
2: undergo vitrification; become glassy or glass-like [also: {vitrified}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
27 Moby Thesaurus words for "vitrified": backed, calcified, callous, calloused, case-hardened, crusted, crusty, crystallized, fossilized, granulated, hardened, hornified, incrusted, indurate, indurated, lapidified, ossified, petrified, reinforced, rigidified, sclerotic, set, solidified, steeled, stiffened, strengthened, toughened
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