roasting
roast
(rōst)v. roast·ed, roast·ing, roasts
v.tr.
1. To cook with dry heat, as in an oven or near hot coals.
2. To dry, brown, or parch by exposing to heat.
3. To expose to great or excessive heat.
4. Metallurgy To heat (ores) in a furnace in order to dehydrate, purify, or oxidize before smelting.
5. Informal
a. To ridicule or criticize harshly.
b. To honor at or subject to a roast.
v.intr.
1. To cook food in an oven.
2. To undergo roasting.
n.
1.
a. Something roasted.
b. A cut of meat suitable or prepared for roasting.
2.
a. The act or process of roasting.
b. The state of being roasted.
3.
a. Harsh ridicule or criticism.
b. A facetious tribute, as at a banquet, in which the honoree is alternately praised and insulted.
adj.
Roasted: roast duck.
[Middle English rosten, from Old French rostir, of Germanic origin.]
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roasting
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
| Noun | 1. |  roasting - cooking (meat) by dry heat in an oven (usually with fat added); "the slow roasting took several hours"cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" barbecuing - roasting a large piece of meat on a revolving spit out of doors over an open fire basting - moistening a roast as it is cooking |
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roasting
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roasting
adjectiveMarked by much heat:
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Translations
حار جِدا
parný
steikjandi
sparný
kavurucu
roasting
[ˈrəʊstɪŋ]
A. ADJ
1. [chicken etc] → para asar
C. CPD roasting jack, roasting spit N → asador m
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roasting
adj
(inf: = hot) days, weather → knallheiß (inf)
(Cook) → zum Braten; roasting chicken → Brathähnchen nt; roasting meat → Bratenfleisch nt
roasting
:
roasting bag
n → Bratschlauch m
roasting tin, roasting tray
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Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
roast
(rəust) verb1. to cook or be cooked in an oven, or over or in front of a fire etc. to roast a chicken over the fire; The beef was roasting in the oven.
2. to heat (coffee-beans) before grinding.
adjectiveroasted. roast beef/chestnuts.
nounmeat that has been roasted or is for roasting. She bought a roast; a delicious roast.
ˈroasting adjectivevery hot. It's roasting outside.
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