UNDERFIRE

Etymology

Verb

underfire (third-person singular simple present underfires, present participle underfiring, simple past and past participle underfired)

(transitive, intransitive) To heat from below.

(transitive) To intentionally operate a boiler, furnace, oven, etc., at a low level.

(intransitive) To burn fuel at less than the desired level, thus not providing heat efficiently.

(transitive, ceramics) To fire at a low (or excessively low) temperature.

Antonyms

• overfire

Source: Wiktionary



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SOMETIME

(adverb) at some indefinite or unstated time; “let’s get together sometime”; “everything has to end sometime”; “It was to be printed sometime later”


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Coffee Trivia

Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.

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