Meaning

3 senses
  1. The act by which a food item is basted.

    Use repeated bastings to prevent the chicken from drying out.

  2. The use of long or loose stitches; the act by which something is basted.

  3. (archaic)A (physical) beating.

More definitions
  • moistening a roast as it is cooking
  • a loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric together

Forms

plural: bastings
Singularbasting
Pluralbastings

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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