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browning

browning

1 3.3
Cooking food until it turns brown and gets a crisp surface
  • noun
  • /ˈbraʊnɪŋ/
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  • They had a top speed of 440 knots and were armed with four .50-caliber Browning machine guns.

Examples

  • So your cheesecake actually will not have a dry crust and it also prevents it from Browning too much on top.

  • So run up to the real subjects, caramelization and the Browning reactions.

  • And also with all kind of paella, that is the Browning that you get with the heat from the product.

  • They say that they have found a Browning automatic rifle, fitted with a marksman's scope, on a sidewalk.

    JFK (1991)

  • Browning the chicken gives it a delicious crispy skin.

  • To achieve a nice flavor, start by browning the onions before adding other ingredients.

  • The chef demonstrated the technique of browning the meat to enhance its flavor and appearance.

Synonyms

toasting
vsbrowning
2 1.0

Cooking bread until it becomes brown and crisp

is the general process of making food darker and often creating a crisp surface
caramelization
vsbrowning
  • Specialized
2 4.7

Heating food that has sugar until it turns brown and tastes sweet and rich

is broader cooking that darkens foods and often produces a crisp surface

Antonyms

to undercook
8 2.7

Cook food for too short a time so it is not fully done or safe to eat

Compounds

Browning automatic rifle
  • Archaic
1 7.4

A portable .30 caliber automatic rifle used by United States soldiers in World War I, World War II, and Korea

Browning machine gun
  • Archaic
6.4

A belt-fed machine gun used by US forces in World War II and the Korean War

How Toasty

burned
1.0
burning
157 1.0
browning
1 3.3
rawness
3 5.5

Surface Forms

browning singular
brownings plural

Morphology

browning = brown (transparent) = brown + ing

A straightforward deverbal nominalization: 'brown' (verb) + '-ing' yields the process or result of becoming brown, which learners can predict.

Etymology

The word browning comes from the simple color word brown, which means 'brown', and the ending -ing, which means 'the action'. It names the process of making food brown with heat, like when bread turns brown in the oven or meat gets a crispy skin.