cakingn.
/ˈkeɪkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈkeɪkɪŋ/ The cohesion of particles of a solid material to form a compact mass or crust.In earliest use with reference to heated coal (cf. caking coal at caking adj.). Cf. cake n. 6b, cake v. 1a.
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caking1719
the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > [noun] > becoming or making dense or solid > into a flattened mass
caking1719
1719 J. Ozell in tr. F. M. Misson Mem. Trav. Eng. 38 In proportion as the coal grows hotter it dissolves, becomes glutinous, and sticks together. [In note] This is what the English call Caking.
1816 P. Cleaveland Elem. Treat. Mineral. & Geol. 403 It burns without caking.
1952 L. W. White & W. H. Bowles Pract. Groundsmanship iii. 73 Ensure that no caking has taken place during the earlier rollings.
2013 P. P. Greweling Chocolates & Confections (ed. 2) i. 3 American-made confectioners' sugar..contains approximately 3 per cent cornstarch to prevent caking.
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cakingadj.
/ˈkeɪkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈkeɪkɪŋ/ That coheres to form a compact mass (cf. cake v. 1a). Chiefly in caking coal: a bituminous coal that softens and clumps together when heated, often used to make coke; (as a mass noun) coal of this type.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > [adjective] > becoming or making dense or solid
conglaciating1660
corporifying1662
thickening1721
caking1727
solidifying1850
the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > [adjective] > of or relating to named chemical reactions or processes > of or relating to miscellaneous other processes
caking1727
neutralizing1784
humid1800
regenerated1874
aluminothermic1900
buffered1917
olated1931
oxo1945
wet-chemical1967
1727 J. Strachey Observ. Different Strata Earths & Minerals 6 The other, or Southerly Line, will be of the Caking Sort, such as is the Somerset, Gloucester, and Newcastle Coal.
1727 J. Strachey Observ. Different Strata Earths & Minerals 14 Near their Crop, two other Veins have since been tried of Caking Coal.
1856 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 11 Jan. 116/1 Caking coals require to be mixed with coke..to prevent the adhesion of the fuel in one mass.
1965 Rep. Investig. U.S. Bureau of Mines No. 6605. 7 Most U. S. coals from the East and Midwest, where the largest markets for pipeline gas exist, are highly caking.
2015 J. G. Speight Handbk. Coal Anal. (ed. 2) viii. 211 Caking coals pass through a series of physical changes during the heating process insofar as they soften, melt, fuse, swell, and resolidify within a specific temperature range.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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