[ˈtɒrɪfʌɪ], (Verb)

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


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