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anodize (verb), anodizes; anodized; anodizing
To coat a metal, for example, aluminum or magnesium, with a decorative oxide protective film, or by making the metal the anode of an electrolytic cell: The handles of the knives Sally had had been anodized, producing a wonderful blue color.
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