Synonyms: parched
Definition: toasted or roasted slightly
Usage: parched corn was a staple of the Indian diet
Similar words: cooked
Definition: having been prepared for eating by the application of heat
Synonyms: adust, baked, sunbaked, parched, scorched
Definition: dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight
Usage: a vast desert all adust; land lying baked in the heat; parched soil; the earth was scorched and bare; sunbaked salt flats
Similar words: dry
Definition: free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet
Usage: dry land; dry clothes; a dry climate; dry splintery boards; a dry river bed; the paint is dry