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roasted

roasted

87 1.0
Cooked by dry heat in an oven or over a fire
  • adjective
  • /ˈroʊstɪd/
: asado
  • She made a tasty dip using roasted red peppers blended with cream cheese.
  • roasted potatoes
  • roasted chestnuts
  • roasted eggplant

Steakhouse style pork chops, absolutely roasted chicken, kale salad.

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Examples

  • This morning for breakfast we have got scrambled eggies, roasted little tomatoes on the grill.

  • Black Rifle Coffee delivers fresh roasted coffee from around the world right to your doorstep.

  • OK, The roasted red pepper is good and that and it's got that.

  • And the thing with Latin culture is Latin culture uses a lot of roasted tomatoes.

  • But anyway, I'm going to use this roasted garlic butter one which I bought recently.

  • And there it is, our special roasted pork ramen.

  • I think I'm going to do avocado on toast with roasted tomatoes, that is what I'm going to do.

  • I've been making Williams-Sonoma's Herb-Roasted Turkey for the past few years, and it's a crowd pleaser.

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  • Roasted duck, veal marengo.

  • Roasted almonds arguably taste crisper, drier, and contain less fat than a normal almond.

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Synonyms

cooked
vsroasted
131 1.0

Food that is heated until ready to eat

refers specifically to preparation by dry heat rather than any heat
baked
vsroasted
115 1.0

Cooked in an oven, like bread or pastries

is used for cooking meat and often over an open fire rather than pastries
roast
vsroasted
64 1.0

Cooked by dry heat in an oven or over a fire

is the adjective form describing that same dry heat cooking method
rare-roasted
vsroasted
1 4.6

Meat cooked so the middle stays red and warm

is the general dry heat method without specifying internal doneness

Antonyms

raw
455 1.0

In a natural state not cooked, treated, or finished

2 3.8

Food that is not cooked enough and is still raw inside

Compounds

Turkey meat cooked in an oven and served as a main dish

1 4.6

Meat cooked so the middle stays red and warm

How Cooked

burned
133 1.0
well done
289 1.8
roasted
87 1.0
underdone
2 3.8
raw
455 1.0

Surface Forms

roasted positive

Morphology

roasted = roast (transparent) = roast + ed

The adjective is a regular participial form of 'roast' and its meaning is directly recoverable from the verb.

Etymology

Roasted comes from the old word roast, which meant 'to cook over an open fire'. Imagine meat turning on a spit above the flames, and you can see why roasted describes food cooked by dry heat.