TEMPERING
14
Scrabble
18
WWF
T(1) E(1) M(3) P(3) E(1) R(1) I(1) N(1) G(2)
NWL/TWL ✓ Collins ✓ WWF ✓
Definition
verb
- To moderate or control.“Temper your language around children.”
- To strengthen or toughen a material, especially metal, by heat treatment; anneal.“Tempering is a heat treatment technique applied to metals, alloys, and glass to achieve greater toughness by increasing the strength of materials and/or ductility. Tempering is performed by a controlled reheating of the work piece to a temperature below its lower eutectic critical temperature.”
- To sauté spices in ghee or oil to release essential oils for flavouring a dish in South Asian cuisine.
noun
- The act by which something is tempered.
Source: Wiktionary
