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roast

The correct spelling is roast.

How to pronounce roast

/ɹəʊst/
noun

IPA: /ɹəʊst/

Say it like: Roa-st

The correct spelling is roast. A cut of meat suited to roasting For example: "Dark roast means that the coffee bean has been roasted to a higher temperature and for a longer period of time than in light roast."

Usage Examples

Dark roast means that the coffee bean has been roasted to a higher temperature and for a longer period of time than in light roast.

to roast meat on a spit

to roast a potato in ashes

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A cut of meat suited to roasting
  2. 2.A meal consisting of roast foods.
  3. 3.The degree to which something, especially coffee, is roasted.
  4. 4.A comical event, originally fraternal, where a person is subjected to verbal attack, yet may be praised by sarcasm and jokes.

verb

  1. 1.To cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance.
  2. 2.To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.
  3. 3.To process by drying through exposure to sun or artificial heat
  4. 4.To heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn.
  5. 5.To admonish someone vigorously

adjective

  1. 1.Having been cooked by roasting.
  2. 2.Subjected to roasting, bantered, severely criticized.

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