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Definition of torrefaction in English English dictionary
- drying or roasting; especially an anaerobic heat treatment to make wood waterproof
- {n} the act of scorching or roasting
- {i} roasting, drying by heat
- The act or process of torrefying, or the state of being torrefied
- drying or roasting
- torrefy
- To subject to intense heat; to roast
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- {v} to scorch, parch, dry, roast
- torrefy
- To subject to scorching heat, so as to drive off volatile ingredients; to roast, as ores
- torrefy
- To dry by a fire
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- {f} roast, dry by heat
- torrefy
- To dry or parch, as drugs, on a metallic plate till they are friable, or are reduced to the state desired