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roast
What does roast mean?
roast (verb): to cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use roast in a sentence?
- Roast the turkey. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce roast?
/ɹoʊst/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does roast come from?
From Middle English rosten, a borrowing from Old French rostir (“to roast, to torture with fire”), from Frankish *rōstijan (“to roast, broil”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to roast
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “roast” mean?
to hold in belief or estimation; to adjudge as a conclusion; to regard as being; to evaluate according to one's beliefs; to account
Not quite: that's what deem means.
to cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance
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to make the shrill sound characteristic of a rooster; to make a sound in this manner, either in gaiety, joy, pleasure, or defiance
Not quite: that's what crow means.
to bring upon oneself or expose oneself to, especially something inconvenient, harmful, or onerous; to become liable or subject to
Not quite: that's what incur means.
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