roast

CEFRB1

/ɹoʊst/

verb · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To cook food with dry heat, usually in an oven.

  2. 02

    noun

    A large piece of meat cooked with dry heat.

Examples

  • Roast beef is usually accompanied by Yorkshire pudding.

  • We all pigged out at the company Christmas party, especially on the roast beef.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
3
Synonyms
3

Also pronounced

  • /ɹəʊst/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.

  2. To process by drying through exposure to sun or artificial heat.

  3. To cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance.

More examples

In context

  • Coffee beans need roasting before use.

  • to roast a potato in ashes

  • to roast meat on a spit

Synonyms

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Origin

verb

From Middle English rosten, a borrowing from Old French rostir (“to roast, to torture with fire”), from Frankish *rōstijan (“to roast, broil”), from Proto-Germanic *raustijaną (“to roast”), from Proto-Indo-European *Hrews- (“to crackle; roast”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian rosterje (“to roast”), Dutch roosten, roosteren (“to roast”), German rösten (“to roast”). Displaced native Middle English breden, bræden (“to roast”), from Old English brǣdan, related to German braten (“to roast, grill”). The noun is from Middle English roste, from Old French rost, roste, from the verb.