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We roast vegetables for dinner.
What does Roast mean?
Roast means cook with dry heat.
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To cook food with dry heat, often in an oven; also, food cooked this way.
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The recipe said to roast the potatoes until they were soft inside.
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Roasting can bring out a sweeter flavor in some foods.
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What does roast mean?
Roast means to cook with dry heat.
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Choose the best word: We ____ vegetables for dinner.
Roast best completes the sentence.
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Which word is most opposite in meaning to roast?
Boil is a contrast because it uses hot water, not dry heat.
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MeaningRoast means cook with dry heat.
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