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ψήνω — meaning in English

psino

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English meaning

  • bake verb To cook food using dry heat in an oven.
  • barbecue noun A grill or fireplace used for cooking food, usually outdoors over hot coals or gas flame.
  • grill noun A rack of metal bars used for cooking food over direct heat.
  • roast verb To cook food, uncovered, with dry heat in an oven or over a fire, giving it a browned or crisped surface.

Senses

ψήνω is used for these senses in English:

  • bake (transitive, or, intransitive, or, ditransitive, with person as subject) To cook (something) in an oven (for someone).
  • bake (intransitive, with baked thing as subject) To be cooked in an oven.
  • barbecue (transitive, intransitive) To cook food on a barbecue; to smoke food over indirect heat from high-smoke fuels.
  • grill (transitive) To cook (food) on a grill; to barbecue.

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.

barbecue — full definition

  1. noun A grill or fireplace used for cooking food, usually outdoors over hot coals or gas flame.
  2. noun A social event centered on food cooked outdoors, or the food itself.
  3. verb To cook food over an open flame or hot coals, often with a smoky flavor.

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