Meaning
Corn roasted in its husk over an open wood or coal fire until it is smoky and lightly charred — a beloved roadside and country snack, especially in corn season. Vendors sell roas corn hot off the grill at the side of the road, and the smell of it cooking is part of the evening in market towns. It is firmer and smokier than boiled corn, and eaten straight off the cob.
Examples
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Buy a roas corn from di man pon di roadside.
Buy a roasted corn from the man at the roadside.
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Di roas corn smoky an sweet.
The roasted corn is smoky and sweet.
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Corn season time, everybody a roas corn.
In corn season, everybody's roasting corn.
Origin
From 'roas' (roast) + 'corn'; fire-roasted corn on the cob. See [[roas-breadfruit]], [[parch-corn]].
How it’s used
Corn roasted over fire; a roadside snack. See [[roas-breadfruit]], [[parch-corn]].