(transitive, or, intransitive, or, ergative) To cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance.
to roast meat on a spit
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(transitive) To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.
to roast a potato in ashes
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(transitive, or, intransitive, or, ergative) To process by drying through exposure to sun or artificial heat.
Coffee beans need roasting before use.
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