Definitions for roasting

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roasting roast·ing

Spelling: [roh-sting]

IPA: /ˈroʊ stɪŋ/

Roasting is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 539 anagrams from letters in roasting (aginorst).

Definitions for roasting

noun

1. a severely critical notice or review; pan.
2. roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
3. a piece of meat for roasting.
4. something that is roasted.
5. the act or process of roasting.
6. Informal. severe criticism.
7. a facetious ceremonial tribute, usually concluding a banquet, in which the guest of honor is both praised and good-naturedly insulted in a succession of speeches by friends and acquaintances.
8. an outdoor get-together, as a picnic or barbecue, at which food is roasted and eaten:

adjective

1. used or suitable to roast.
2. exceedingly hot; scorching:
3. roasted:

verb (used with object)

1. to bake (meat or other food) uncovered, especially in an oven.
2. to cook (meat or other food) by direct exposure to dry heat, as on a spit.
3. to brown, dry, or parch by exposure to heat, as coffee beans.
4. to cook or heat by embedding in hot coals, embers, etc.:
5. to heat excessively:
6. Metallurgy. to heat (ore or the like) in air in order to oxidize it.
7. to warm at a hot fire:
8. Informal. to ridicule or criticize severely or mercilessly.
9. to honor with or subject to a roast:

verb (used without object)

1. to roast meat or other food.
2. to undergo the process of becoming roasted.

Origin of roasting

1350-1400; Middle English (gerund); see roast, -ing¹, -ing²

Examples for roasting

After roasting, hand-grinding the beans and seeping the grinds, he hands out steaming cups.

Repeat this frequently while it is roasting; after a while you can baste it with its own fat.

Yes, Gatto said, Valle spoke of trussing his victims with rope and roasting them in an oven or on an outsized spit.

As the roasting also develops the flavor, it must be done carefully.

Aside from the labor-heavy recipe for roasting the turkey, the stuffing recipe is a feat even for accomplished chefs.

These directions for roasting beef will apply equally to mutton.

This gravy is by many preferred to that which comes from the goose in roasting.

A good sized pig will require at least three hours' roasting.

The smells of roasting maize, diesel fumes, and floral soap from the streets of Harare are still seared into my brain.

Finish the sauce by putting the roasting pan on the stovetop over medium-high heat.