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ROASTED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(meat) cooked by dry heat in an oven
Synonyms:
roast; roasted
Classified under:
Similar:
cooked (having been prepared for eating by the application of heat)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb roast
Context examples:
Among participants who reported eating at least two servings of red meat, chicken or fish a week, the analysis revealed that the risk of developing high blood pressure was: 17 percent higher in those who grilled, broiled, or roasted beef, chicken or and fish more than 15 times/month, compared with less than 4 times a month. 15 percent higher in those who prefer their food well done, compared with those who prefer rarer meats. 17 percent higher in those estimated to have consumed the highest levels of heterocyclic aromatic amines (HAAs) — chemicals formed when meat protein is charred or exposed to high temperatures — compared to those with the lowest intake.
(High Temp Grilled Meat May Raise Blood Pressure, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
When they went into the cave, other giants were sitting there by the fire, and each of them had a roasted sheep in his hand and was eating it.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
In search of the principle on which joints ought to be roasted, to be roasted enough, and not too much, I myself referred to the Cookery Book, and found it there established as the allowance of a quarter of an hour to every pound, and say a quarter over.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
They measured the ME in different forms of almonds and the Atwater factors - traditionally, calorie values for foods are calculated using the Atwater system - overestimated the ME of whole raw, whole roasted, and chopped roasted almonds by 25 percent, 19 percent, and 17 percent, respectively.
(Going Nuts Over Calories, U.S. Department of Agriculture)
