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present participle and gerund of roast quotations examples
Broiling is but another way of roasting those cuts of meat which have a broad, flat surface such as steaks, chops, or cutlets.
1922, “The Bride's Cookery Primer”, in Good Housekeeping, volume 74, page 66
comparative more roasting, superlative most roasting
(colloquial) Very hot. examples
plural roastings
The act by which something is roasted. quotations examples
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 […]
1885, Henry Marion Howe, Copper smelting, page 15
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.
2020 September 1, Tom Lamont, “The butcher's shop that lasted 300 years (give or take)”, in The Guardian
(colloquial) A rebuke or reprimand (usually from the recipient's point of view). examples