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The correct spelling is roast.
How to pronounce roast
/ɹəʊst/
nounIPA: /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.A cut of meat suited to roasting
- 2.A meal consisting of roast foods.
- 3.The degree to which something, especially coffee, is roasted.
- 4.A comical event, originally fraternal, where a person is subjected to verbal attack, yet may be praised by sarcasm and jokes.
verb
- 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.To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.
- 3.To process by drying through exposure to sun or artificial heat
- 4.To heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn.
- 5.To admonish someone vigorously
adjective
- 1.Having been cooked by roasting.
- 2.Subjected to roasting, bantered, severely criticized.
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