transcription, транскрипция: [ krɪst(ə)laɪz ]
( crystallizes, crystallizing, crystallized)
Note: in BRIT, also use 'crystallise'
1.
If you crystallize an opinion or idea, or if it crystallizes , it becomes fixed and definite in someone’s mind.
He has managed to crystallise the feelings of millions of ordinary Russians...
Now my thoughts really began to crystallise.
VERB : V n , V
2.
If a substance crystallizes , or something crystallizes it, it turns into crystals.
Don’t stir or the sugar will crystallise.
...a 19th century technique that actually crystallizes the tin.
VERB : V , V n