Added 10 October 2026 recrystallization noun Categories: Rare Words noun ! Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). More about recrystallization at Wordnik → Where our words come from → A technique for the purification of chemical compounds in which the compound is dissolved in a solvent and slowly cooled to form crystals. The process of existing grains in metamorphic rocks changing size. The growth of grain fragments in an alloy, especially when it is worked by cold rolling. Related Words: recrystallisationdecrystallizationmicrorecrystallizationcrystallurgydecrystallisationcryptocrystallizationrecrystallometrycrystallisercrystallizationintercrystallizationcrystallisation Back to today's word