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Definition of Roast
1. Adjective. (meat) cooked by dry heat in an oven.
2. Verb. Cook with dry heat, usually in an oven. "The chefs roast the vegetables"; "Roast the turkey"
Generic synonyms: Cook
Specialized synonyms: Pan Roast
Derivative terms: Roaster, Roaster, Roasting
3. Noun. A piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion.
Generic synonyms: Cut, Cut Of Meat
Specialized synonyms: Blade Roast, Pot Roast, Rib Roast, Standing Rib Roast, Top Round, Rump Roast, Beef Roast, Roast Beef, Roast Veal, Veal Roast, Lamb Roast, Roast Lamb, Pork Roast, Roast Pork
4. Verb. Subject to laughter or ridicule. "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday"
Generic synonyms: Bemock, Mock
Specialized synonyms: Tease, Lampoon, Satirise, Satirize, Debunk, Expose, Stultify
Derivative terms: Rib, Ribbing, Ridicule, Ridicule, Ridiculer
5. Noun. Negative criticism.
Definition of Roast
1. v. t. To cook by exposure to radiant heat before a fire; as, to roast meat on a spit, or in an oven open toward the fire and having reflecting surfaces within; also, to cook in a close oven.
2. v. i. To cook meat, fish, etc., by heat, as before the fire or in an oven.
3. n. That which is roasted; a piece of meat which has been roasted, or is suitable for being roasted.
4. a. Roasted; as, roast beef.
Definition of Roast
1. Verb. (transitive) To cook food by heating in an oven or over fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance to the food. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To process by drying through exposure to sun or artificial heat ¹
3. Verb. (figuratively) (transitive) To admonish someone vigorously ¹
4. Verb. (figuratively) (transitive) To subject to bantering, severely criticize, sometimes as a comedy routine. ¹
5. Verb. (intransitive) To undergo roasting in any of the above senses ¹
6. Noun. A cut of meat suited to roasting ¹
7. Noun. A meal consisting of roast foods. ¹
8. Noun. (Originally fraternal) A comical event where a person is subjected to verbal attack, yet may be praised by sarcasm and jokes. ¹
9. Adjective. having been cooked by roasting ¹
10. Adjective. (figuratively) subjected to roasting, bantered, severely criticized ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Roast
1. to cook with dry heat [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Roast
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1. To cook meat, fish, etc, by heat, as before the fire or in an oven. "He could roast, and seethe, and broil, and fry." (Chaucer)
2. To undergo the process of being roasted.
1. To cook by exposure to radiant heat before a fire; as, to roast meat on a spit, or in an oven open toward the fire and having reflecting surfaces within; also, to cook in a close oven.
2. To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.; as, to roast a potato in ashes. "In eggs boiled and roasted there is scarce difference to be discerned." (BAcon)
3. To dry and parch by exposure to heat; as, to roast coffee; to roast chestnuts, or peanuts.
4. Hence, to heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn. "Roasted in wrath and fire."
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Roast
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