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roast [adjective]

Roast meat or vegetables have been cooked in an oven or over a fire

US

/roʊst/

UK

/rəʊst/

Example:

roast beef/chicken/potatoes

Oxford Essential Dictionary

roast adjective:
roast beef and roast potatoes

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

III. roast³ BrE AmE adjective [only before noun]
roasted:
roast chicken

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

adjective only before noun
cooked in an oven or over a fire
• roast chicken
Word Origin:

Middle English: from Old French rostir, of West Germanic origin.

See also: joint

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

roast / rəʊst / / roʊst / adjective [ before noun ] ( also roasted )

A2 Roast meat or vegetables have been cooked in an oven or over a fire:

roast beef/chicken/potatoes

roasted red pepper sauce

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Collins Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

roast

[ro͟ʊst]
roasts, roasting, roasted
1) VERB When you roast meat or other food, you cook it by dry heat in an oven or over a fire.
  [V n] I personally would rather roast a chicken whole.
2) ADJ: ADJ n Roast meat has been cooked by roasting.
  They serve the most delicious roast beef.
3) N-COUNT A roast is a piece of meat that is cooked by roasting.
  Come into the kitchen. I've got to put the roast in.

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

roast

³roast adj always used before a noun : cooked by roasting
• roast [=roasted] chicken/pork/potatoes

American English

British English

preparing food using heat

A2 (Elementary)

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