empty–cell process
noun
variants: or
empty–cell treatment
Definition of empty–cell process
: a method of treating wood so that the chemical preservative coats the cell walls, the cell cavities remaining nearly or quite empty — compare full-cell process
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First Known Use of empty–cell process
1948
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