Phrase Hound found 6 phrases and 22 compound words that contain harden. The most common are listed below. Open harden in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 6
- case hardenTo impart greater hardness to the surface of a piece of metal.
- hammer-hardento cold-hammer
- harden upTo tighten up a sailboat's sheets in order to prevent luffing.
- work-hardenTo harden (a material) by work hardening.
- harden someone's heartTo make someone more resistant to something.
- harden one's neckTo grow more obstinate.
Compound words 22
- casehardenTo harden the surface of iron or steel by infusing carbon into the surface layer.
- dehardenTo make or become less hard (resistant to pressure).
- forhardenTo make hard; harden up.
- photohardenTo harden by exposure to light.
- hardenableCapable of being hardened.
- hardeniteA structureless mixture of martensite and austenite.
- overhardenTo harden too much.
- superhardenTo make superhard.
- enhardenTo harden; to render hard.
- hardenabilityThe quality or degree of being hardenable.