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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
vulcanize
    v 1: undergo vulcanization; "vulcanize rubber" [syn:
         vulcanize, vulcanise]
    2: subject to vulcanization; "vulcanized rubber" [syn:
       vulcanize, vulcanise]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Vulcanize \Vul"can*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vulcanized; p.
   pr. & vb. n. Vulcanizing.]
   To change the properties of, as caoutchouc, or India rubber,
   by the process of vulcanization.
   [1913 Webster]

   Vulcanized fiber, paper, paper pulp, or other fiber,
      chemically treated, as with metallic chlorides, so as to
      form a substance resembling ebonite in texture, hardness,
      etc. --Knight.

   Vulcanized rubber, India rubber, vulcanized.
      [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for Vulcanize:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
blaze, blister, brand, burn, burn in, burn off, cast, cauterize, char, coal, crack, cupel, elasticize, flame, found, oxidate, oxidize, parch, pyrolyze, rubber, rubberize, scorch, sear, singe, solder, swinge, torrefy, vesicate, weld
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