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The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.
Origin of roast
1250–1300; Middle English rosten (v.) <Old French rostir<Germanic; compare Dutch roosten,German rösten
OTHER WORDS FROM roast
Words nearby roast
roaring, roaring forties, Roaring Twenties, roarming, roar up, roast, roaster, roasting, roasting ear, rob, robalo
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British Dictionary definitions for roast
roast
/ (rəʊst) /
verb (mainly tr)
noun
something that has been roasted, esp meat
Word Origin for roast
C13: from Old French rostir, of Germanic origin; compare Middle Dutch roosten to roast
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