roasting
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English rostynge; equivalent to roast + -ing.
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɹəʊstɪŋ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɹoʊstɪŋ/
- Rhymes: -əʊstɪŋ
Verb
editroasting
- present participle and gerund of roast
- 1922, “The Bride's Cookery Primer”, in Good Housekeeping, volume 74, page 66:
- Broiling is but another way of roasting those cuts of meat which have a broad, flat surface such as steaks, chops, or cutlets.
Adjective
editroasting (comparative more roasting, superlative most roasting)
- (colloquial) Very hot.
- The day started out cool, but by noon it was roasting.
Noun
editroasting (plural roastings)
- The act by which something is roasted.
- 1885, Henry Marion Howe, Copper smelting, page 15:
- These elements are expelled more completely by a large number of comparatively incomplete roastings (alternated, of course, with smeltings) than by a smaller number of extremely thorough roastings […]
- 2020 September 1, Tom Lamont, “The butcher's shop that lasted 300 years (give or take)”, in The Guardian[1]:
- There were signs of recent roastings and fryings, and Frank explained he’d been eating pretty well, making his way through frozen stocks from the shop.
- (colloquial) A rebuke or reprimand (usually from the recipient's point of view).
- My boss gave me a roasting for last month's sales figures.
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