TubeTalk Pronunciation

How to pronounce “roast”

Hear “roast” in real YouTube speech, then study definitions and example sentence snippets.

Pronunciation guide for roast

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of roast with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Intelligentsia CoffeeFollowed by Sam Sabori, the national roasting
Definition summary: (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.

Example 1 of 8

Intelligentsia Coffee

Followed by Sam Sabori, the national roasting

[Verb]
(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.
(transitive) To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.
(transitive or intransitive or ergative) To process by drying through exposure to sun or artificial heat.
To heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn.
(transitive, figuratively) To admonish someone vigorously.
(transitive, figuratively) To subject to bantering, severely criticize, sometimes as a comedy routine.
(metalworking) To dissipate the volatile parts of by heat, as ores.
[Noun]
A piece of meat suited to roasting; meat that has been roasted.
A meal consisting of roast foods.
The degree to which something, especially coffee, is roasted.
An instance of being severely admonished, criticized, roasted. [from 18th century]
A comical event, originally fraternal, where a person is subjected to verbal attack, yet may be praised by sarcasm and jokes.
(Canada, US) A social event at which food is roasted and eaten. [from 19th century]
(slang) A creative insult as a response to something someone said.
[Adjective]
Having been cooked by roasting.
(figuratively) Subjected to roasting; bantered; severely criticized. (Can we add an example for this sense?)