Usually means: Darkening surface through chemical reaction.
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  1. blackening: Merriam-Webster
  2. blackening: Collins English Dictionary
  3. blackening: Vocabulary.com
  4. Blackening, blackening: Wordnik
  5. blackening: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. blackening: Wiktionary
  7. Blackening, blackening: Dictionary.com
  8. blackening: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Blackening (Scottish wedding custom), Blackening (chemistry), Blackening (cooking), Blackening (disambiguation), Blackening, The Blackening: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Blackening: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. blackening: Rhymezone
  12. Blackening: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. blackening: FreeDictionary.org
  14. blackening: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. Blackening: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. blackening: Legal dictionary

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  1. Blackening: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (blackening)

noun:  (uncountable) The act or process of turning (becoming) black in colour.
noun:  (countable) The result or an instance of such an act or process; a black stain or mark.
noun:  Any of various (dark-colored) surface treatments for metal substrates, to inhibit corrosion; on steel, generally, synonym of bluing.
noun:  The act of defaming or sullying.

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