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roasting
Definitions of
roasting
noun
cooking (meat) by dry heat in an oven (usually with fat added)
“the slow
roasting
took several hours”
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types:
barbecuing
roasting a large piece of meat on a revolving spit out of doors over an open fire
type of:
cookery
,
cooking
,
preparation
the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat
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