roasting
/ˈrəʊstɪŋ
/noun
1 [mass noun] The action of cooking something in an oven or over an open fire: Maris Piper potatoes are ideal for roasting [as modifier]: a roasting tin roasting coffee...
- A number of cocoa-processing factors, including bean origin and roasting, combine to influence cocoa powder attributes.
- He had unusually thick glasses, which aided in the lighting of the signal fire and in the roasting of the pigs.
- Stratford was famous for its malting - the roasting and grinding of grain, usually barley, for use in brewing.
2 [in singular] informal A severe criticism or reprimand: banks are to get a roasting from the Treasury...
- The film's basic story is appealing, and despite the critical roasting, Chaplin tells his story well.
- If after this you expect a royal roasting, I am sorry to disappoint you: the revival show is still rattling good fun.
- After that film received a sound critical roasting, he took a break of several years from live action film making, returning to the anime world that was his original home.
adjective informal
Very hot and dry: a roasting day in London...
- It's been roasting here for the past two days with temperatures in excess of 90 degrees.
- The sky is gray but it's roasting.
- Sometimes, there would be no breeze at all, and it would be roasting hot, and you'd lie awake, drenched in sweat.
Synonyms
extremely hot, baking (hot), blazing (hot), sweltering, scorching, blistering, searing, torrid
informal sizzling, boiling (hot)
