Definition of vitrescent in English:

adjective

• Capable of or susceptible to being turned into glass.

  ‘the tartar is rendered more vitrescent by the borax’

  More example sentences

  • ‘The quality or state of being vitreous; glassiness, or the quality of being vitrescent; capability of conversion into glass; susceptibility of being formed into glass.’
  • ‘Lighter shades of bricks, including for instance gray and ivory, have been shown to produce more of a greenish vitrescent marking.’