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   torrefy

   /ˈtɒrɪfʌɪ/

   verb

   • 1. roast, scorch, or dry (a substance such as an ore, a drug, or a fuel) with heat to drive off all moisture or impurities: technical "torrefying wood loses 30% of the mass but only 10% of the energy"

   Word Origin early 17th century: from French torréfier, from Latin torrefacere ‘dry by heat’, from torrere ‘parch, scorch’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. torrefaction noun
   • 2. torrefied adjective

   Scrabble Points: 13

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