Associations to the word «Roasting»

Wiktionary

ROASTING, verb. Present participle of roast
ROASTING, adjective. Very hot
ROASTING, noun. The act by which something is roasted.

Dictionary definition

ROASTING, noun. Cooking (meat) by dry heat in an oven (usually with fat added); "the slow roasting took several hours".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats