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- Dictionaryroast/rəʊst/
verb
- 1. cook (food, especially meat) by prolonged exposure to heat in an oven or over a fire: "she was going to roast a leg of mutton for Sunday dinner" Similar
- 2. criticize or reprimand severely: informal "if you waste his time he'll roast you" Similar Opposite
adjective
- 1. (of food) having been roasted: "a plate of cold roast beef"
noun
- 1. a joint of meat that has been roasted or that is intended for roasting: "carving the Sunday roast"
- 2. a banquet at which the guest of honour is subjected to good-natured ridicule. US
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ROAST definition: 1. to cook food in an oven or over a fire: 2. to heat nuts or coffee beans so that they become…. Learn more.
The meaning of ROAST is to cook by exposing to dry heat (as in an oven or before a fire) or by surrounding with hot embers, sand, or stones. How to use roast in a sentence.
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.
to criticize severely or speak angrily to someone: Critics roasted him for exploiting racial stereotypes. [ T ] mainly US, informal. to humorously criticize and make jokes about a famous person at a public event honoring that person, as a part of the event: He's known for roasting big-name celebrities on his Comedy Central shows.
When you roast meat or other food, you cook it by dry heat in an oven or over a fire.
Definition of roast verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
To roast can mean to cook, or to poke fun of someone as a way of honoring them. In cooking, slow, dry heat is used to roast things. When a cook roasts a piece of meat, you can call the meat itself a roast too.
ROAST definition: 1. If you roast food, you cook it in an oven or over a fire, and if food roasts, it is cooked in an…. Learn more.
Noun. Adjective. Filter. verb. roasted, roasting, roasts. To cook (something) with little or no moisture, as in an oven, over an open fire, or in hot embers. To roast a chicken, an ox, an ear of corn, etc. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To be cooked by being roasted. Webster's New World.
roast. ( rəʊst) vb ( mainly tr) 1. (Cookery) to cook (meat or other food) by dry heat, usually with added fat and esp in an oven. 2. (Cookery) to brown or dry (coffee, etc) by exposure to heat. 3. (Metallurgy) metallurgy to heat (an ore) in order to produce a concentrate that is easier to smelt.
