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unroasting

unroasting is the present participle and gerund of unroast.

Meaning of unroast

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
  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

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Questions about unroasting

What is unroasting the present participle and gerund of?
Unroasting is the present participle and gerund of unroast.

Words near unroasting in the dictionary

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

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