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
There are also certain dishes which simply don’t fit on an uppermost rack, like a whole roast chicken.
I woke up in the night, and couldn’t stop thinking about the possibility this roast chicken was supposed to bring into my life.
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 | EaterWhen 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 PostNow 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 | THE DAILY BEASTRemove 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 | THE DAILY BEASTA 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 | THE DAILY BEASTWith 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 | THE DAILY BEASTIt has the best pot roast on the West Coast, I told him, but it turns out, it was only on the dinner menu.
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 LeacockThey 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 Waderoast beef was presented, in compliment to the English, very little roasted.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil | Maria GrahamHe was a fat man—eating roast pork, and apple-sauce, and mashed potatoes, and bread.
Love's Pilgrimage | Upton SinclairWith 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
/ (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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