roast
part of speech
verb (roast, roasts, roasted, roasting); noun (a roast, roasts); adjective (roast)
meaning for a pupil
1) To cook food, like meat or vegetables, in an oven or over a fire. tree →
2) As an adjective, cooked in this way: "roast chicken", "roast potatoes". tree →
3) As a noun, a piece of roasted meat or a big meal with it: "Sunday roast". tree →
4) Informally, to be very hot: "I'm roasting!" tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, many families have a Sunday roast. In cooking lessons pupils learn that roasting uses dry heat. Around a campfire people roast marshmallows. Phrases: Sunday roast, roast dinner, roast potatoes, roast marshmallows.
examples
- We roasted marshmallows over the campfire. tree →
- Dad roasts a chicken every Sunday. tree →
- Roast potatoes are crispy on the outside. tree →
- We had a roast dinner at Grandma's. tree →
- Roast the carrots for forty minutes. tree →
- I'm roasting in this coat! tree →
- The smell of roast beef filled the kitchen. tree →
- The apples were beginning to roast. tree →
note
Regular verb: roast, roasted. As an adjective people say "roast chicken" more than "roasted chicken". In maths cooking problems, time is often given per kilogram: if 1 kilogram takes 45 minutes, 2 kilograms take 90 minutes. Safety: use oven gloves; roasting tins are very hot.
In the corpora
- Carve a roast chicken and you can count two legs, two wings and two breasts, each a different muscle.
- Only after fermenting, drying and roasting do they start to smell of chocolate.
- Fresh cocoa beans taste bitter and smell of chocolate only after fermenting, drying and roasting.
- The Woman throws Wild Dog a roast bone, and he wants more.
- A word that sounds cool in a headset sounds very different over roast potatoes.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «roast» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.