roasts
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/ɹəʊsts/
English
Definitions
noun
- A cut of meat suited to roasting
- A meal consisting of roast foods.
- The degree to which something, especially coffee, is roasted.“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.”
- A comical event, originally fraternal, where a person is subjected to verbal attack, yet may be praised by sarcasm and jokes.
verb
- To cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance.“to roast meat on a spit”
- To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.“to roast a potato in ashes”
- To process by drying through exposure to sun or artificial heat“Coffee beans need roasting before use.”
- To heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn.
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Synonyms
cookedknockjointnuggetsmeatsroasterspiessteakspork roastbakesbrisketroast beefpork loinapplewoodsausagesstews