roasting
Pronunciation
  • (RP) IPA: /ˈɹəʊstɪŋ/
  • (America) IPA: /ˈɹoʊstɪŋ/
Verb
  1. present participle of roast#English|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

  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 […]
  2. (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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