verb🔗ShareTo heat something without melting in order to drive off water etc., and to decompose carbonates into oxides or to oxidize or reduce it; especially to heat limestone to form quicklime, i.e. to calcinate."The factory is calcining limestone to produce quicklime for use in cement production. "chemistrymaterialsubstanceprocessscienceindustrytechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo undergo such heating"The chemist was calcining the limestone to produce lime. "chemistryprocessmaterialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
