Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

roast

/ɹoʊst/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.87 in modern English

Syllables
roast
IPA
/ɹoʊst/
5
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

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

Intransitive verb; Transitive verb

verb

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

Transitive verb

verb

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

Intransitive verb; Transitive verb

verb

To heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn.

verb

To admonish someone vigorously.

Transitive verb

verb

To subject to bantering, severely criticize, sometimes as a comedy routine.

Transitive verb

verb

To dissipate the volatile parts of by heat, as ores.

noun

A piece of meat suited to roasting; meat that has been roasted.

Example Sentences

Etymology

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: rosten, rostir, *rōstijan, *raustijaną, *Hrews-, roste

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ɹoʊst/
  • British English: /ɹəʊst/

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Food.

Inflected Forms

roasts (present, singular) roasting (participle, present) roasted (participle, past) roasted (past) rost (alternative, obsolete) roasts (plural)

Derived Forms

broast overroast reroast ribroast roastability roastable roastee roasterie roastery underroast unroast roastage

Phrases

roasting cylinder roasting ear roasting jack roasting pan roasting tin roast up there is reason in the roasting of eggs bull roast

Frequently Paired Words

bake boil broil fry grill poach toast steak

Synonyms

joint burn roasted knock ridicule guy blackguard laugh at jest at rib poke fun make fun of

Rhymes With

most post coast host ghost diagnosed toast repost boast ost grossed engrossed

Questions

How do you pronounce roast?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɹoʊst/.
What does roast mean?
To cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance.
Where does roast come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce roast

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