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roasted

roasted

7 1.0
Cooked by dry heat in an oven or over a fire
  • adjective
  • /ˈroʊstɪd/
translation icon : 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

baked
vsroasted
1 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
1 1.0

Cooked by dry heat in an oven or over a fire

is the adjective form describing that same dry heat cooking method
cooked
vsroasted
1 1.0

Food that is heated until ready to eat

refers specifically to preparation by dry heat rather than any heat
rare-roasted
vsroasted
4.6

Meat cooked so the middle stays red and warm

is the general dry heat method without specifying internal doneness

Antonyms

raw
353 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

Meat cooked so the middle stays red and warm

How Cooked

burned
1.0
well done
84 1.8
roasted
7 1.0
underdone
2 3.8
raw
353 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.