roast

[ rohst ]

/ roʊst /

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verb (used with object)

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.

verb (used without object)

to roast meat or other food.

to undergo the process of becoming roasted.

noun

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.

adjective

roasted: roast beef.

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Origin of roast

1250–1300; Middle English rosten (v.) <Old French rostir<Germanic; compare Dutch roosten,German rösten

OTHER WORDS FROM roast

roast·a·ble, adjectivehalf-roasted, adjectiveo·ver·roast, verbun·der·roast, verb (used with object)

un·roast·ed, adjectivewell-roasted, adjective

Words nearby roast

roaring, roaring forties, Roaring Twenties, roarming, roar up, roast, roaster, roasting, roasting ear, rob, robalo

How to use roast in a sentence

There are also certain dishes which simply don’t fit on an uppermost rack, like a whole roast chicken.
Don’t Fear the Broiler|Elazar Sontag|February 11, 2021|Eater
I woke up in the night, and couldn’t stop thinking about the possibility this roast chicken was supposed to bring into my life.
Love, Loneliness, and the Chicken in My Freezer|Elazar Sontag|February 9, 2021|Eater
Serve your perfect roast chicken or hearty beef stew by placing your Dutch oven on this elegant trivet.
From the Cut: 33 Valentine’s Day Gifts for the Foodie in Your Life|The Cut Staff|February 8, 2021|Eater
When you roast a big tray of vegetables, it’s easy to reheat the leftovers or add them to grain bowls.
These 5 recipes featuring leftover roasted vegetables are proof you should always make extra|Kari Sonde|February 8, 2021|Washington Post

Now here he was hearing, really hearing for the first time, that the planet, his son’s future home, was going to roast.
The Climate Crisis Is Worse Than You Can Imagine. Here’s What Happens If You Try.|by Elizabeth Weil|January 25, 2021|ProPublica
The nanas and poppies and grannies and grampses who flocked there to roast in the sun.
Powerful Congressman Writes About ‘Fleshy Breasts’|Asawin Suebsaeng|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Remove the roast from the pan and let rest for a minimum of 15 minutes.
Make Carla Hall’s Roasted Pork Loin With Cranberries|Carla Hall|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A Chinese restaurateur ran to the window as I wolfed down roast duck for my farewell dinner, as shots were heard across the way.
No Movie Stars, No Red Carpet, But Off-Season Cannes Is Still Magic|Liza Foreman|September 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
With time I learned to disassemble the entire hotpot and mount the heating coil on a roast beef can with a whole punched in it.
Tales of a Jailhouse Gourmet: How I learned to Cook in Prison|Daniel Genis|June 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It has the best pot roast on the West Coast, I told him, but it turns out, it was only on the dinner menu.
Michael Hastings' Hunger for Life|Jack Gray|June 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Or what if I do not fish at all, but get my roast fish by paying for it a part of the wages I receive for working in a saw mill?
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
They were about to make a fire and roast some of the flesh for dinner, when a pitiful cry was heard.
Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin|Mary Hazelton Wade
Roast beef was presented, in compliment to the English, very little roasted.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil|Maria Graham
He was a fat man—eating roast pork, and apple-sauce, and mashed potatoes, and bread.
Love's Pilgrimage|Upton Sinclair
With a roast apple in his snout, and a ribbon—a blue—no, a pink ribbon decorating his ornery little tail.
The Woman Gives|Owen Johnson

British Dictionary definitions for roast

roast

/ (rəʊst) /

verb (mainly tr)

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

noun

something that has been roasted, esp meat

Word Origin for roast

C13: from Old French rostir, of Germanic origin; compare Middle Dutch roosten to roast

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