Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb anneal

1 sense of anneal

Sense 1
anneal, temper, normalize -- (bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling; "temper glass")
       => harden, indurate -- (make hard or harder; "The cold hardened the butter")

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