roast
to bake (meat or other food) uncovered, especially in an oven.
to cook (meat or other food) by direct exposure to dry heat, as on a spit.
to brown, dry, or parch by exposure to heat, as coffee beans.
to cook or heat by embedding in hot coals, embers, etc.: to roast chestnuts.
to heat excessively: The summer sun has been roasting the entire countryside.
Metallurgy. to heat (ore or the like) in air in order to oxidize it.
to warm at a hot fire: She roasted her hands over the fire.
Informal. to ridicule or criticize severely or mercilessly.
to honor with or subject to a roast: Friends roasted the star at a charity dinner.
to roast meat or other food.
to undergo the process of becoming roasted.
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
a piece of meat for roasting.
something that is roasted.
the act or process of roasting.
Informal. severe criticism.
a facetious ceremonial tribute, usually concluding a banquet, in which the guest of honor is both praised and good-naturedly insulted in a succession of speeches by friends and acquaintances.
an outdoor get-together, as a picnic or barbecue, at which food is roasted and eaten: a weenie roast.
roasted: roast beef.
Origin of roast
1Other words from roast
- roast·a·ble, adjective
- half-roasted, adjective
- o·ver·roast, verb
- un·der·roast, verb (used with object)
- un·roast·ed, adjective
- well-roasted, adjective
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How to use roast in a sentence
I added some left-over roast brisket and a scoop of Chinese takeout rice, two favorites.
Over this spread left-over roast beef cut into small pieces.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3 | Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and SciencesSeason this gravy well with salt, pepper, bay and garlic and pour over roast in casserole.
Stevenson Memorial Cook Book | VariousCrackers, first browned and then pounded, should always be kept to sift over roast meats: and curled parsley to garnish with.
Housekeeping in Old Virginia | Marion Cabell TyreeYou see your dinner before you, as Englishmen say over roast mutton.
Claret and Olives, from the Garonne to the Rhone | Angus B. Reach
Take even quantities of left over roast lamb and mashed potatoes and pass through a fine meat chopper.
The Hotel St. Francis Cook Book | Victor Hirtzler
British Dictionary definitions for roast
/ (rəʊst) /
to cook (meat or other food) by dry heat, usually with added fat and esp in an oven
to brown or dry (coffee, etc) by exposure to heat
metallurgy to heat (an ore) in order to produce a concentrate that is easier to smelt
to heat (oneself or something) to an extreme degree, as when sunbathing, sitting before the fire, etc
(intr) to be excessively and uncomfortably hot
informal to criticize severely
something that has been roasted, esp meat
Origin of roast
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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