teflonise

noun

Infinitive:  teflonise (UK)  /  teflonize (US)
3rd person:  teflonises (UK)  /  teflonizes (US)
Present:  teflonising (UK)  /  teflonizing (US)
Gerund:  teflonising (UK)  /  teflonizing (US)
Past:  teflonised (UK)  /  teflonized (US)
Perfect:  teflonised (UK)  /  teflonized (US)

To supplement with the plastic named Teflon or to cover in Teflon.  Especially:  To add an anti-adhesive Teflon coating when producing nonstick frying pans.  Can be written capitalised (Teflonise) or non-capitalised (teflonise).

Examples: 

Summary:  The lighter subvarieties (no pork bellies and/or no oil in the batter mix) and the dry-fried variations necessitate the topmost quality anti-adhesive dreampans (Teflonised, siliconised, durable Delimano enamels, etc∙).  Elsewise, our frycakes will cling and overburn.  (Source: J∙ Okram - Bartonian Potato Pancakes  ●  Cooking Recipe.) 

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