Roast Definition
rōst
roasted, roasting, roasts
verb
roasted, roasting, roasts
To cook (something) with little or no moisture, as in an oven, over an open fire, or in hot embers.
To roast a chicken, an ox, an ear of corn, etc.
Webster's New World
To be cooked by being roasted.
Webster's New World
To dry, parch, or brown (coffee beans, nuts, etc.) by exposure to heat.
Webster's New World
To be or become very hot.
Webster's New World
To expose to great heat.
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noun
roasts
Something roasted; esp., roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat.
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A cut of meat for roasting.
Webster's New World
The act or process of roasting.
American Heritage
A particular type of roasted coffee.
A dark roast.
Webster's New World
A roasting or being roasted.
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adjective
Roasted.
Roast pork.
Webster's New World
(figuratively) Subjected to roasting, bantered, severely criticized.
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Origin of Roast
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From Middle English rosten, from Old French rostir (“to roast") (Modern French: rôtir), from Frankish *rōstjan (“to roast"), from Proto-Germanic *raustijanÄ… (“to roast"), from Proto-Indo-European *reus- (“to crackle, roast"). Cognate with Dutch roosteren (“to roast"), German rösten (“to roast").
From Wiktionary
Middle English rosten from Old French rostir of Germanic origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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