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roast

[rohst] / roʊst /
VERB
criticize
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG


Example Sentences

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Average U.S. retail price of a pound of roast coffee, up over 120% from $4.17 in January 2020.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

There was an open bar, a roast beef carving station and trays of appetizers passed around a restaurant located on a Dallas Cowboys themed golf course.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

But Sokolov and Litvak leave these few real-world thematic threads dangling as they have bigger fish to fry — or pigs to roast.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

She's in her parents' living room, they've just eaten a roast chicken dinner and Christmas is just one week away.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

The Count himself came forward and took off the cover of a dish, and I fell to at once on an excellent roast chicken.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker




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