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rost

/ɹəʊst/

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Orkney/ɹɔst/

rost is the alternative form of roust.

rost is the obsolete form of roast.

Meaning of roust

Noun

roust (plural rousts)

  1. A strong tide or current, especially in a narrow channel.
    • At the north point of this island, called Ska, goes a very rapid current; like the Roust of Sumburghead1786, Thomas Gifford, An Historical Description of the Zetland Islands

See all 5 meanings of roust

Meaning of roast

Verb

roast (third-person singular simple present roasts, present participle roasting, simple past and past participle roasted)

  1. (ergative, intransitive, transitive) To cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance.
    • to roast meat on a spit
  2. (transitive) To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.
    • to roast a potato in ashes
  3. (ergative, intransitive, transitive) To process by drying through exposure to sun or artificial heat.
    • Coffee beans need roasting before use.
  4. To heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn.
    • roasted in wrath and firec. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
  5. (figuratively, transitive) To admonish someone vigorously.
    • I'm late home for the fourth time this week; my mate will really roast me this time.
  6. (figuratively, transitive) To subject to bantering, severely criticize, sometimes as a comedy routine.
    • He roasted a bully who then fought with him.

See all 16 meanings of roast

Forms of rost

Noun
pluralrosts
Verb
third-person singular presentrosts
present participlerosting
past participlerosted
pastrosted

Questions about rost

What is rost the alternative form of?
Rost is the alternative form of roust.
How do you pronounce rost?
Rost is pronounced /ɹɔst/ (Orkney).

Words near rost in the dictionary

  1. Rossow
  2. Rossows
  3. Rossum
  4. Rossville
  5. Rossy
  6. rost
  7. Rostad
  8. Rostads
  9. rostafuroxin
  10. Rostain
  11. Rostam

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rost (page history and authors); roust (page history and authors); roast (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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