What part of speech is roasting?

Roasting can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. roasting is a verb, gerund of roast (infinitive).
  • 2. roasting is a noun, singular of roastings.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does roasting mean?

Definitions

Verb

roast - cook with dry heat, usually in an oven; "roast the turkey"
roast - subject to laughter or ridicule; "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday"

Noun

roasting - cooking (meat) by dry heat in an oven (usually with fat added); "the slow roasting took several hours"

Examples of roasting

#   Sentence  
1. noun The slow roasting took several hours.
2. noun We all pigged out at the company Christmas party, especially on the roast beef.
3. noun Roast beef is usually accompanied by Yorkshire pudding.
4. noun Roast chicken is one of my favorite dishes.
5. noun How about some more roast beef?
6. noun A nice roast chicken is one of my favorite dishes.
7. noun I cannot even boil water, much less roast a turkey.
8. noun Horseradish tastes good on roast beef sandwiches.
9. noun The host usually carves the roast at the table.
10. noun "Mmmmn ... maybe I'll have a hair of the dog." "Whoa, hold up a mo! Here, I cooked roast fish for this morning. You ought to be able to eat this OK."
11. noun We roast just enough beans for the amount we're going to drink, and grind them in the coffee mill.
12. noun I suddenly got a craving to eat some crisp roast chicken skin.
13. noun They had lit a fire fit to roast an ox.
14. noun Would you like some more roast beef?
15. noun Great boast and small roast.
16. verb He is roasting coffee beans.
17. verb You know, the ones where you skewer some marshmallows and roast them. I don't know what they're called but they're really good. Let's try roasting some at my place sometime, too.
18. verb The meat is roasting.
19. verb It's roasting in this room.
20. verb The old man sat cosily by his warm stove. The fire was blazing brightly and some apples were roasting in front of it.
21. verb He's roasting a tasty chicken.
22. verb We sat around the campfire roasting marshmallows.
23. verb Tom is roasting coffee beans.
24. verb We sat around the campfire, roasting marshmallows and singing songs.
25. verb The mushrooms look good for roasting.
26. verb I'm roasting some cauliflower and broccoli.
27. verb I was trying all day to fix the cellphone and in the end I'd been roasting snow in a furnace.
28. verb Roast the turkey.
29. verb Roast the bhakri while the pan is heated.
Sentence  
noun
The slow roasting took several hours.
We all pigged out at the company Christmas party, especially on the roast beef.
Roast beef is usually accompanied by Yorkshire pudding.
Roast chicken is one of my favorite dishes.
How about some more roast beef?
A nice roast chicken is one of my favorite dishes.
I cannot even boil water, much less roast a turkey.
Horseradish tastes good on roast beef sandwiches.
The host usually carves the roast at the table.
"Mmmmn ... maybe I'll have a hair of the dog." "Whoa, hold up a mo! Here, I cooked roast fish for this morning. You ought to be able to eat this OK."
We roast just enough beans for the amount we're going to drink, and grind them in the coffee mill.
I suddenly got a craving to eat some crisp roast chicken skin.
They had lit a fire fit to roast an ox.
Would you like some more roast beef?
Great boast and small roast.
verb
He is roasting coffee beans.
You know, the ones where you skewer some marshmallows and roast them. I don't know what they're called but they're really good. Let's try roasting some at my place sometime, too.
The meat is roasting.
It's roasting in this room.
The old man sat cosily by his warm stove. The fire was blazing brightly and some apples were roasting in front of it.
He's roasting a tasty chicken.
We sat around the campfire roasting marshmallows.
Tom is roasting coffee beans.
We sat around the campfire, roasting marshmallows and singing songs.
The mushrooms look good for roasting.
I'm roasting some cauliflower and broccoli.
I was trying all day to fix the cellphone and in the end I'd been roasting snow in a furnace.
Roast the turkey.
Roast the bhakri while the pan is heated.

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