The Clue
Smokehouse process (6 letter answer)
The Answer
CURING
Tags
Notes
The answer CURING is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Definition
CURING as a noun:
1. (hardening, solidifying, solidification, set, curing) = the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization; "the hardening of concrete"; "he tested the set of the glue"
CURE as a verb:
1. (bring around, cure, heal) = provide a cure for, make healthy again; "The treatment cured the boy's acne"; "The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to"
2. prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve; "cure meats"; "cure pickles"; "cure hay"
3. make (substances) hard and improve their usability; "cure resin"; "cure cement"; "cure soap"
4. be or become preserved; "the apricots cure in the sun"