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overroast

overroast verb: to roast too much.

Verb

overroast (third-person singular simple present overroasts, present participle overroasting, simple past and past participle overroasted)

  1. (transitive) To roast too much.
    • But now cuppings at independent cafes like Joe attract connoisseurs who wouldn’t be caught dead sipping an overroasted blend and regularly travel to another borough for superior beans.2008 May 29, Hannah Wallace, “Do I Detect a Hint of ... Joe?”, in New York Times

Forms of overroast

third-person singular presentoverroasts
present participleoverroasting
past participleoverroasted
pastoverroasted

Origin of overroast

From over- + roast.

Questions about overroast

What does overroast mean?
Overroast means to roast too much.
What part of speech is overroast?
Overroast is a verb.
What is the past tense of overroast?
The past tense of overroast is overroasted.

Words near overroast in the dictionary

  1. overripens
  2. overrise
  3. overrisen
  4. overrises
  5. overrising
  6. overroast
  7. overroasted
  8. overroasting
  9. overroasts
  10. overrobe
  11. overrobes

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