roasting

roasting
—roastingly, adv.
/roh"sting/, adj.
1. used or suitable to roast.
2. exceedingly hot; scorching: a roasting July.
n.
3. a severely critical notice or review; pan.
[1350-1400; ME (ger.); see ROAST, -ING1, -ING2]

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In metallurgy, usually the first step in smelting ore to extract metal.

The ore is heated in the presence of an abundant flow of air to drive off moisture and, if the metal-bearing mineral is a sulfide, convert it to an oxide. Sulfur fumes from ore roasting have been a major source of environmental pollution in the past.

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      the cooking, primarily of meats but also of corn ears, potatoes, or other vegetables thus prepared, by exposure to dry, radiant heat either over an open fire, within a reflecting-surface oven, or in some cases within surrounding hot embers, sand, or stones. The procedure is comparable to the baking of other foods. See baking.

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