Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

roasty

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.47 in modern English

Syllables: roasty
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a taste that suggests roasted ingredients.

Example Sentences

"a roasty red ale"

Etymology

From roast + -y.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: roast

Inflected Forms

roastier (comparative) roastiest (superlative)

Derived Forms

roastiness

Frequently Paired Words

roastie

Questions

What does roasty mean?: Having a taste that suggests roasted ingredients.
Where does roasty come from?: From roast + -y.

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