Definitions
Roasting - as a noun
Cooking (meat) by dry heat in an oven (usually with fat added)
Example: "The slow roasting took several hours"
Roasting - as a verb
To cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance.
Example: "To roast meat on a spit"
To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.
Example: "To roast a potato in ashes"
To process by drying through exposure to sun or artificial heat
Example: "Coffee beans need roasting before use."
To heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn.
To admonish someone vigorously
Example: "I’m late home for the fourth time this week; my mate will really roast me this time."
To subject to bantering, severely criticize, sometimes as a comedy routine.
Example: "The class clown enjoys being roasted by mates as well as staff."
To dissipate by heat the volatile parts of, as ores.
Roasting - as an adjective
Very hot.
Example: "The day started out cool, but by noon it was roasting."
Example Sentences
Word Game Points
ROASTING has a SCRABBLE points total of 9.
ROASTING has a WORDS WITH FRIENDS points total of 11.
ROASTING has a WORDFEUD points total of 10.
