Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
From Middle English rostynge; equivalent to roast + -ing.
The day started out cool, but by noon it was roasting.
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From Middle English rostynge; equivalent to roast + -ing.
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:
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:
My boss gave me a roasting for last month's sales figures.
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spit-roasting · weenie roasting · microroasting
es asación (the act by which something is roasted) · es tatema (the act by which something is roasted) · es tatemada (the act by which something is roasted)
From Middle English rostynge; equivalent to roast + -ing.
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: