hardening

Other forms: hardenings

Definitions of hardening

1. noun

   the act of making something harder (firmer or tighter or more compact)
   types:

   annealing, tempering

   hardening something by heat treatment

   type of:

   change of integrity

   the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something
2. noun

   the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization
   “the hardening of concrete”

   synonyms: curing, set, solidification, solidifying

   types:

   congealment, congelation

   the process of congealing; solidification by (or as if by) freezing

   type of:

   action, activity, natural action, natural process

   a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)
3. noun

   abnormal hardening or thickening of tissue
   types:

   callosity, callous, callus

   an area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot)

   calcification

   tissue hardened by deposition of lime salts

   clavus, corn

   a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes

   type of:

   symptom

   (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease