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Braten — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bake verb To cook food using dry heat in an oven.
  • broil verb To cook by direct, radiant heat.
  • fry verb To cook food in hot oil or fat.
  • roast verb To cook food, uncovered, with dry heat in an oven or over a fire, giving it a browned or crisped surface.

Senses

Braten is used for these senses in English:

  • fry (chiefly, US, ambitransitive, slang) To execute, or be executed, by the electric chair.
  • fry (intransitive, colloquial) To suffer because of too much heat.
  • pan-fry (transitive) To fry in a pan with minimal oil.
  • roast A piece of meat suited to roasting; meat that has been roasted.

bake — full definition

  1. verb To cook food using dry heat in an oven.
  2. verb To harden or dry something using heat.
  3. noun A social event where food is baked or served, or a baked dish itself.

broil — full definition

  1. verb To cook by direct, radiant heat.
  2. verb To expose to great heat.
  3. verb To be exposed to great heat.

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