Collocations for "roast"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "roast" in context.
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roast
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- roast the [chicken, potatoes, turkey, meat]
- roast (it) in [an oven, a clay oven, a pan]
- roast for [1 hour]
- roast at [220 degrees]
- roast with [garlic, herbs, stuffing, honey]
- roast until [soft, done, crunchy, al dente]
- roast [the coffee beans, some chestnuts, the peanuts]
- we were roasting in the [office, sauna, car]
- [his father, the principal, the boss] roasted him
- roasted by [her father, the press]
- roasted for his [actions, comments, behavior]
- roasted [their boss, the actor, the comedian]
- roast your hands over a [fire, radiator, burning coal]
- a [vegetable, pork, beef, lamb, meat] roast
- a [marinated, juicy, succulent] roast
- make a pot roast for [dinner, lunch]
- prepare a roast for the [guests, visitors, diners]
- go to the annual [pig, hog, weenie] roast
- a roast of the [politician, actor]
- the [politician's] roast
- watch the roast [live, on TV]
- UK: go [out, to the pub] for a Sunday roast
- UK: the family [gathered, got together] for a Sunday roast
- UK: Sunday roast with [Yorkshire puddings, all the trimmings]
- roast [potatoes, vegetables, meat, duck, pork, beef]
- [succulent, juicy, crispy] roast [potatoes]
- roast chicken [breasts, legs, wings]
- a roast [beef, pork] sandwich
- a roast [lunch, dinner, meal]
- roast turkey with [stuffing, carrots, cranberry sauce, broccoli]
- ground and roast coffee
'roast' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Sunday
- almond
- apple
- bean
- beef
- beet
- boar
- bonfire
- broccoli
- cabbage
- carrot
- chestnut
- chop
- chunk
- coffee
- course
- degree
- duck
- eggplant
- fillet
- goose
- grease
- hog
- juice
- kale
- lamb
- loin
- marrow
- mustard
- nut
- oven
- pepper
- pig
- plump
- pork
- pot
- potato
- poultry
- pub
- pudding
- pumpkin
- quail
- rib
- salt
- sauce
- sirloin
- sizzling
- smoke
- steamed
- tender