carbonization

English Thesaurus

1. the destructive distillation of coal (as in coke ovens) (noun.process)

hypernym	:	destructive distillation,
definition	:	heating a solid substance in a closed container and collecting the volatile products (noun.process)

derivation	:	carbonise, carbonize,
definition	:	turn into carbon, as by burning (verb.change)

derivation	:	carbonise, carbonize,
definition	:	turn into carbon, as by burning (verb.change)