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roast

/ɹəʊst/verb

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

Example sentence

  • “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.”
food

Related words

chopA cut of meat, often containing a section of a rib.fryTo cook (something) in hot fat.seasonEach of the four divisions of a year: spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter.boilTo heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.ripeOf a fruit, vegetable, seed, etc., ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature.cuisineA characteristic manner or style of preparing food, often associated with a place of origin.