Dictionary Entry
anneal
anneal is a 6-letter English word with 3 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To subject to great heat, and then cool slowly, as glass, cast iron, steel, or other metal, for the purpose of rendering it less brittle; to temper; to toughen. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 9 · 3 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To subject to great heat, and then cool slowly, as glass, cast iron, steel, or other metal, for the purpose of rendering it less brittle; to temper; to toughen.
- 2transitive verb
To heat, as glass, tiles, or earthenware, in order to fix the colors laid on them.
- 3verb
bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling
"temper glass"
Synonyms
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in anneal:
Common word forms
Words from these letters
If you are holding these tiles, the unscrambler for ANNEAL lists every valid word you can make from the same letters, including shorter plays.