roast
verb (used with object)
to bake (meat or other food) uncovered, especially in an oven.
half-roasted
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a word derived from
roast.
Example Sentences
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The piano has been moved to the porch, and the menu travels memory lane with a Greek salad, saganaki, half-roasted chicken and Sagaponack steak.
From New York Times ● Jun. 30, 2020
The scent of half-roasted coffee beans, normally one of my favorite smells, only stressed me out more.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2015
Fortunately, his style shines through almost every bar of such half-roasted chestnuts as Never on Sunday and I Left My Heart in San Francisco.
From Time Magazine Archive
Away I ran, and away he came hopping, spit and all, after me, and he but half-roasted.
From Fairy Legends and Traditions of The South of Ireland by T. Crofton Crocker
For I should like one," his Excellency said, "that had been half-roasted.
From The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 3 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... by George Augustus Sala
