roaster

[ roh-ster ]

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noun

a contrivance for roasting something, as an oven, a pan for roasting meat, or a machine for roasting coffee beans.
a pig, chicken, or other animal or article of a size convenient and grade suitable for roasting.

a person or thing that roasts.
a guest speaker at a roast.
hot Jupiter.

Origin of roaster

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at roast, -er¹

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How to use roaster in a sentence

Inside those fruits are the beans, which then need to be removed, cleaned, and shipped off to the roaster.
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The roasters needed a well-respected food scientist who could conduct independent studies.
Coffee with a college education | Christina Couch | October 27, 2021 | MIT Technology Review
How the next generation of roasters is redefining coffee and who it’s for
The New Single Origin Coffee | Brooke Jackson-Glidden | June 17, 2021 | Eater
Coffee roasters have long wondered whether they could package their products like tea.
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Instead of committing to one bag, these services send you fresh bags from roasters around the country or world.
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"No, I am a hot-peanut-man," said the voice, and then the peanut roaster began to whistle like a tea-kettle.
Uncle Wiggily's Travels | Howard R. Garis
A cylindrical coffee-roaster that can be turned by a handle, and sets before the fire, is far preferable to a pot or a pan.
Domestic French Cookery, 4th ed. | Sulpice Baru
The roaster reappeared with a new, shorter spear, thinner, and a great lump of raw hog-fat spitted on it.
Sea and Sardinia | D. H. Lawrence
But our roaster still held the interminable flat kid before the now red, flameless fire.
Sea and Sardinia | D. H. Lawrence
But when the fourth year came Ee-ee-toy did go, and told the people to get him the “seed-roaster.”
Aw-Aw-Tam Indian Nights | J. William Lloyd

British Dictionary definitions for roaster

roaster

/ (ˈrəʊstə) /

noun

a person or thing that roasts
a roasting tin

a piece of food, such as a chicken or a potato, that is suitable for roasting

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