roast|ing

roast|ing
roast|ing «ROHS tihng», adjective, noun.
–adj.
1. that roasts.
2. exceedingly hot; scorching.
–n.
1. the act or process of cooking by dry heat.
2. a type of extractive metallurgy which removes sulfur and other impurities from the ore.

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