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- Dictionaryroast/rōst/
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 lamb 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 cut of meat that has been roasted or that is intended for roasting: "carving the Sunday roast"
- 2. a banquet at which the guest of honor is subjected to good-natured ridicule. US
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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.
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.
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.
ROAST meaning: 1. to cook food in an oven or over a fire: 2. to heat nuts or coffee beans so that they become…. Learn 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. Another way to use this word is to mean “to make fun of someone,” like a toast but meaner and funnier.
When you roast meat or other food, you cook it by dry heat in an oven or over a fire.
[transitive, intransitive] roast (something) to cook food, especially meat, without liquid in an oven or over a fire; to be cooked in this way. to roast a chicken; The smell of roasting meat came from the kitchen. You should boil the potatoes for a little before you roast them.
roast. (rōst) v.roast·ed, roast·ing, roasts. v.tr. 1. To cook with dry heat, as in an oven or near hot coals. 2. To dry, brown, or parch by exposing to heat. 3. To expose to great or excessive heat. 4. Metallurgy To heat (ores) in a furnace in order to dehydrate, purify, or oxidize before smelting. 5. Informal. a. To ridicule or criticize harshly.
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.
roast meaning, definition, what is roast: to cook something, such as meat, in an o...: Learn more.
