anneal

Questions about anneal

What does anneal mean?

anneal means "bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling".

How many syllables are in anneal?

anneal has 2 syllables: an-neal. The stress falls on "neal". In IPA it is /əˈnil/.

What is another word for anneal?

Close synonyms include temper, normalize. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is anneal a common word?

anneal is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with anneal?

4 words rhyme with anneal. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.