toasting

Meanings

Plural: toastings

Noun

• cooking to a brown crispiness over a fire or on a grill
  • "proper toasting should brown both sides of a piece of bread"
• The action of making a toast (celebratory call to drink).
• The heating of oak panels used to make wine barrels.
• The process by which something, such as bread, is toasted.
• The art of accompanying a reggae backing track with the act of talking or rhythmic chanting, usually in a monotone melody, over a riddim. It can either be improvised or pre-written.

Verb

• make brown and crisp by heating
• propose a toast to
• present participle and gerund of toast

Synonyms

browning, crisp, crispen, drink, pledge, salute, toast, wassail