What does roasting mean?
Roasting means present participle and gerund of roast.
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/ˈɹəʊstɪŋ/ · verb
present participle and gerund of roast.
Broiling is but another way of roasting those cuts of meat which have a broad, flat surface such as steaks, chops, or cutlets.
The day started out cool, but by noon it was roasting.
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[…]
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.
My boss gave me a roasting for last month's sales figures.
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Roasting means present participle and gerund of roast.
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Broiling is but another way of roasting those cuts of meat which have a broad, flat surface such as steaks, chops, or cutlets.
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