caseharden

English

verb

Definitions

To harden the surface of iron or steel by infusing carbon into the surface layer.
(by extension) To make insensitive to hardship.

Etymology

Compound from English case + English harden.

Origin

English

harden

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Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

bookcase English
braincase English
briefcase English
business case English
capcase English
cardcase English
casal English
case English
casebearer English
casebearing English
casebook English
casebound English
casefic English
casefile English
caseful English
casekeeper English
caseless English
caselike English
caseload English
casemaker English
casemaking English
caseman English
caseness English
casewise English
casework English
caseworker English
caseworm English
chaincase English
clockcase English
countercase English
crankcase English
deharden English
discase English
doorcase English
downcase English
encase English
enharden English
flightcase English
forharden English
hard English
harden English
hardenability English
hardenable English
hardener English
hardenest English
hardeneth English
hardenite English
headcase English
incase English
intercase English
intracase English
longcase English
meatcase English
megacase English
multicase English
needlecase English
noncase English
notecase English
nutcase English
overharden English
pencase English
pillowcase English
pipecase English
podcase English
preharden English
recase English
reharden English
road case English
sadcase English
seedcase English
showcase English
slipcase English
staircase English
subcase English
superharden English
titlecase English
toolcase English
traycase English
typecase English
uncase English
unharden English
unicase English
uppercase English
watchcase English
wingcase English
keissi Finnish
cas French
кейс Russian
ケース Japanese
cas Middle English
hardenen Middle English
kazo Esperanto
เคส Thai
kes Malay
case Chinese
kesi Swahili
ikesi Zulu
kes Tok Pisin