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roast

Best crossword clue

"Cook with dry heat"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ɹoʊst/Part of speech verb, adjective, nounSorted aorstStarts with REnds with T1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. cook with dry heat, usually in an oven

Word origin

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”).

Used in a sentence

  • to roast meat on a spit
  • to roast a potato in ashes
  • In eggs boiled and roasted […]there is scarce difference to be discerned.

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