roasting1 adjectiveroasting2 noun
roastingroast‧ing1 /ˈrəʊstɪŋ $ ˈroʊ-/ adjective 
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- Cook in the oven for 20 minutes, then pour away as much fat as possible from the roasting tin.
- Put the meat into a roasting pan, join-side down, smear with olive oil and sprinkle with salt.
- Remove stubborn caramelised turkey grease from the roasting tray by filling it with a solution of biological washing powder.
- The Vision even comes with two baking sheets and an vitreous enamelled roasting tin and trivet.
- Trim spare ribs of any excess fat, then place in a large roasting tin.
Longman Language Activatorwhen you feel hot
feeling hot , especially when this makes you feel uncomfortable: · I'm too hot - could you open the window?· The travellers were hot, tired, and thirsty.
feeling warm when it is cold outside, especially in a way that is pleasant and comfortable: · Are you nice and warm?keep warm (=make yourself stay warm): · We had to keep moving in order to keep warm.warm as toast (=very warm and comfortable): · It was freezing outside but in the ski lodge they were as warm as toast.
spoken to feel very hot and uncomfortable: · "I'm going for a swim,'' said Gary, "I'm boiling.''· You must be roasting in that coat.
if you are sweltering , you feel very hot, wet, and uncomfortable, because the weather or the room you are in is too hot: · Hundreds of children sweltering in the heat went to the neighborhood pool.
if you have a temperature or run a temperature , your body is hotter than usual because you are ill: · Liz was running a temperature of 39.8° C.· Victims of heat stroke have a body temperature of 104 degrees Fahrenheit or higher.
feeling very hot and often red in the face because you have a fever: · Hannah looked weak and feverish and we decided to call the doctor.· He said he felt feverish and complained of pains in his chest.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1 (also ˌroasting ˈhot) informal very hot, especially so that you feel uncomfortable: also boiling/broiling hot American English (=used about weather that is very hot)
a scorching hot week in August
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN a scorching hot week in August· Cook in the oven for 20 minutes, then pour away as much fat as possible from the roasting tin.· The Vision even comes with two baking sheets and an vitreous enamelled roasting tin and trivet.· Trim spare ribs of any excess fat, then place in a large roasting tin.· Transfer to a roasting tin and bake for 30 minutes until crispy. 3.· Weight the bird; transfer to a rack in a roasting tin and cover with aluminium foil.· Then skim off the fat, pour the juices back into the roasting tin and bubble them up.· Place the duck on a rack in a roasting tin.
a roasting hot day I’m absolutely roasting in this suit.2[only before noun] used for roasting food: a roasting dishroasting1 adjectiveroasting2 noun
roastingroasting2 noun EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- At which juncture, Shelford gave his troops a roasting.
- Now, after the daily roasting, they stayed indoors, avoiding the mosquitoes that dive-bombed in the dusk.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
also boiling/broiling hot American English (=used about weather that is very hot) a scorching hot week in August
a scorching hot week in AugustPHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
give somebody/get a roasting British English informal if you give someone a roasting, you tell them angrily that you disapprove of their behaviour: - At which juncture, Shelford gave his troops a roasting.
- Chancellor Norman Lamont will today begin hauling in bank bosses one by one to give them a roasting.
He got a roasting from angry fans.