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roasted

The correct spelling is roasted.

How to pronounce roasted

/ˈɹoʊstɪd/
verb

IPA: /ˈɹoʊstɪd/

Say it like: Roa-ste-d

The correct spelling is roasted. To cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance. For example: "to roast meat on a spit"

Usage Examples

to roast meat on a spit

to roast a potato in ashes

Coffee beans need roasting before use.

Meanings

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.Cooked by roasting.

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