Definition of "vulcanizer" [vul•can•i•zer]

• The equipment used for the vulcanization of rubber (noun)
• A substance (such as sulfur) added to rubber during this process (noun)

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• "When the goods are cured steam is blown off, the vulcanizer opened and the cloths are removed."
• "But it has come to be a sort of vulcanizer, to make plain English, irony."
• "Mysterious objects stood about him in the grey twilight; electric batteries, old bicycles and typewriters, a machine for making cement fence-posts, a vulcanizer, a stereopticon with a broken lens."