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torrefy

American  
[tawr-uh-fahy, tor-] / ˈtɔr əˌfaɪ, ˈtɒr- /
Or torrify

verb (used with object)

torrefied, torrefying

  1. to subject to fire or intense heat; parch, roast, or scorch.

  2. Pharmacology. to dry or parch (drugs) with heat.

  3. to roast, as metallic ores.

torrefy British  
/ ˌtɒrɪˈfækʃən, ˈtɒrɪˌfaɪ /

verb

  1. (tr) to dry (drugs, ores, etc) by subjection to intense heat; roast

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Other Word Forms

  • torrefaction noun

Etymology

Origin of torrefy

1595–1605; < Latin torrefacere to make dry or hot, equivalent to torre-, stem of torrēre to dry up, parch, scorch + facere -fy; see torrid

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