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roastery

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UK/ˈrəʊstəri/
US/ˈroʊstəri/

Meaning

  1. nouncountablespecialist

    A place where coffee beans (or sometimes nuts) are roasted in large quantities, often for sale.

    Grammar: Countable: use 'a roastery' for one, 'roasteries' for more than one.

    Patterns

    • a coffee roastery
    • open a roastery
    • visit a roastery

    The small roastery supplies beans to several local cafés.

    We took a tour of the roastery and learned how coffee is roasted.

    She opened a roastery after years of working as a barista.

Word forms

pluralroasteries

Common combinations

coffee roastery
They run a coffee roastery on the edge of town.
small roastery
A small roastery can roast only a few kilos at a time.
open a roastery
He plans to open a roastery next year.
roastery tour
The roastery tour includes a tasting session.

Synonyms and how they differ

roaster
A roaster is the machine or the person that roasts; a roastery is the building or business where roasting happens.

Word family

roast verb
To cook something with dry heat, especially in an oven.
roaster noun
A machine or person that roasts, especially coffee or nuts.
roasted adjective
Cooked by dry heat; used of coffee beans, nuts, meat, etc.

Commonly confused: roastery or brewery? roastery or café?

roastery vs brewery

A brewery is a place where beer is made, not coffee. The ending -ery often means a place, but the base word is different.

roastery vs café

A café is a place where you buy and drink coffee; a roastery is where beans are roasted, though some roasteries also have a café.

Practice

The company owns three ___ in different cities.

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