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Webster 1913 Edition


Roasting

Roast′ing

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Adj.
&
Noun.
, from
Roast
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Verb.
Roasting ear
,
an ear of Indian corn at that stage of development when it is fit to be eaten roasted.
Roasting jack
,
a machine for turning a spit on which meat is roasted.

Webster 1828 Edition


Roasting

ROASTING

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ppr.
1.
Preparing for the table by exposure to heat on a spit; drying and parching.
2.
Bantering with severity.

ROASTING

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Noun.
A severe teasing or bantering.

Definition 2024


roasting

roasting

English

Verb

roasting

  1. present participle of roast
    • 1922, "The Bride's Cookery Primer", 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

roasting (comparative more roasting, superlative most roasting)

  1. (colloquial) Very hot.
    The day started out cool, but by noon it was roasting.

Noun

roasting (plural roastings)

  1. 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 []

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