Synonyms: tempered, toughened, treated, hardened
Definition: made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment
Usage: a sword of tempered steel; tempered glass
Similar words: curable
Definition: capable of being hardened by some additive or other agent
Similar words: sunbaked
Definition: baked or hardened by exposure to sunlight; not burned
Usage: sunbaked adobe bricks
Synonyms: treated
Definition: subjected to a physical (or chemical) treatment or action or agent
Usage: the sludge of treated sewage can be used as fertilizer; treated timbers resist rot; treated fabrics resist wrinkling
Similar words: activated
Definition: (of sewage) treated with aeration and bacteria to aid decomposition
Similar words: aerated
Definition: (of a liquid) treated by having air passed or bubbled through it for purification
Definition: treated by heating to a high temperature but below the melting or fusing point
Usage: burnt sienna
Similar words: doped
Definition: treated or impregnated with a foreign substance
Similar words: fumed
Definition: (of wood) darkened or colored by exposure to ammonia fumes
Usage: fumed oak
Similar words: proofed
Definition: treated so as to become resistant
Usage: rust-proofed automobiles; shrink-proofed fabrics
Synonyms: treated
Definition: given medical care or treatment
Usage: a treated cold is usually gone in 14 days; if left untreated it lasts two weeks
Similar words: bound, bandaged
Definition: covered or wrapped with a bandage
Usage: the bandaged wound on the back of his head; an injury bound in fresh gauze
Similar words: dosed
Definition: treated with some kind of application
Usage: a mustache dosed with bear grease
Similar words: dressed
Definition: treated with medications and protective covering