verb
- treating rubber with sulfur and heat to make it stronger and more elastic
Usage: technical; present participle of vulcanize
Examples
- The factory is vulcanizing rubber for tire production.
- Vulcanizing the material takes several hours at high temperature.
- The process of vulcanizing rubber was invented by Charles Goodyear.
- They are vulcanizing the rubber sheets to improve durability.
- Vulcanizing transforms raw rubber into a useful industrial material.