ROASTING β Definition of ROASTING
verb
1
To cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance.
to roast meat on a spit
2
To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.
to roast a potato in ashes
3
To process by drying through exposure to sun or artificial heat
Coffee beans need roasting before use.
4
To heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn.
noun
1
The act by which something is roasted.
2
A rebuke or reprimand (usually from the recipient's point of view).
My boss gave me a roasting for last month's sales figures.
adjective
1
Very hot.
The day started out cool, but by noon it was roasting.
π Source: en.wiktionary.org/wiki/roast
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