browning

[brou-ning] / ˈbraʊ nɪŋ /

ADJECTIVE

cooking

Synonyms

STRONG

baking boiling broiling frying grilling heating roasting simmering sizzling steaming steeping stewing toasting

Example Sentences

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When the fruit is cut, bruised, or exposed to air, the enzyme helps trigger the browning reaction.

From Science Daily • May 24, 2026

That browning occurs when PPO reacts with oxygen after the fruit is cut or bruised.

From Science Daily • Oct. 27, 2025

The sight of browning, fallow land where prized wine grapes were grown has become more frequent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 11, 2025

Similar to how I cook chicken breast in the air fryer, my primary goal is texture: crispness, browning, crunch.

From Salon • Apr. 29, 2025

The first batch of tikkis is browning nicely.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan