basting
About 0.21 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun The act by which a food item is basted.
Use repeated bastings to prevent the chicken from drying out.
- noun A (physical) beating.
- noun The use of long or loose stitches; the act by which something is basted.
- verb present participle and gerund of baste
Similar words
tacking buttering slather slathering smearing basketing braize boudinage larding dipping
Often followed by
with the stitches frequently occasionally and sauce thread stitch
Word family
bastings
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