How to pronounce “case hardening”

Meaning

• [Verb]
• present participle and gerund of case harden
• [Noun]
• (metallurgy) The process of imparting greater hardness to the surface of a piece of metal.
• A condition of dried meat in which the exterior is so dry and hard that the interior moisture is sealed in.

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