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unroast

unroast verb: hypothetically, to undo the roasting of; to uncook.

Verb

unroast (third-person singular simple present unroasts, present participle unroasting, simple past and past participle unroasted)

  1. (transitive) Hypothetically, to undo the roasting of; to uncook.
    • As a matter of fact, a standard joke in the coffee industry during October-November was that anyone could make a fortune if he could discover a means of "unroasting" coffee […]1950, Utilization of Farm, volumes 3-5, page 1278
    • The interpreter told us that the boy who had been turning the spit first had hit his successor because the latter was turning it backwards, and would unroast the chickens.1969, François marquis de Barbé-Marbois, Eugene Parker Chase, Our Revolutionary Forefathers: The Letters of François, Marquis De Barbe-Marbois, page 186
  2. (rare, transitive) Among raw food enthusiasts: To process (vegetables) in a dehydrator, as an alternative to roasting them.
    • Unroasting vegetables in the dehydrator softens them, allowing their flavors to intensify and become almost sweet. Almost any vegetable takes well to unroasting. Try diagonally cut carrots, green beans, halved Brussels sprouts, […]2010, Alissa Cohen, Leah J. Dubois, Raw Food for Everyone
    • I also use it for sprouting wild rice, quinoa, and unroasting vegetables, and it's great for melding flavors when you make a lasagna or veggie burgers.2014, Lisa Montgomery, The Complete Book of Raw Food, volume 2

Adjective

unroast (not comparable)

  1. Not roasted.
    • […] inasmuch as they disobey even the very law under which they place themselves; which expressly forbids the eating of flesh (unroast), and the drinking of blood, […]1850, Gospel Magazine, volume 2

Forms of unroast

third-person singular presentunroasts
present participleunroasting
past participleunroasted
pastunroasted

Origin of unroast

From un- + roast.

Questions about unroast

What does unroast mean?
Unroast means hypothetically, to undo the roasting of; to uncook.
What part of speech is unroast?
Unroast can be a verb or an adjective.
What is the past tense of unroast?
The past tense of unroast is unroasted.

Words near unroast in the dictionary

  1. unroached
  2. unroaded
  3. unroadworthiness
  4. unroadworthy
  5. unroaming
  6. unroast
  7. unroasted
  8. unroasting
  9. unroasts
  10. unrobbed
  11. unrobe

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