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Definition of roast adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

roast

adjective
 
/rəʊst/
 
/rəʊst/
[only before noun]
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  1. cooked in an oven or over a fire
    • roast chicken/potatoes
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryRoast is used with these nouns:
    • beef
    • duck
    • goose
    • …
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    Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French rostir, of West Germanic origin.
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