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Definitions for Roast

[1] to bake (meat or other food) uncovered, especially in an oven.
[2] to cook (meat or other food) by direct exposure to dry heat, as on a spit.
[3] to brown, dry, or parch by exposure to heat, as coffee beans.
[4] to cook or heat by embedding in hot coals, embers, etc.: to roast chestnuts.
[5] to heat excessively: The summer sun has been roasting the entire countryside.
[6] Metallurgy . to heat (ore or the like) in air in order to oxidize it.
[7] to warm at a hot fire: She roasted her hands over the fire.
[8] Informal . to ridicule or criticize severely or mercilessly.
[9] to honor with or subject to a roast: Friends roasted the star at a charity dinner.
[10] to roast meat or other food.
[11] to undergo the process of becoming roasted.
[12] 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.
[13] a piece of meat for roasting.
[14] something that is roasted.
[15] the act or process of roasting.
[16] Informal . severe criticism.
[17] 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.
[18] an outdoor get-together, as a picnic or barbecue, at which food is roasted and eaten: a weenie roast.
[19] roasted: roast beef.
[20] to cook (meat or other food) by dry heat, usually with added fat and esp in an oven
[21] to brown or dry (coffee, etc) by exposure to heat
[22] metallurgy to heat (an ore) in order to produce a concentrate that is easier to smelt
[23] to heat (oneself or something) to an extreme degree, as when sunbathing, sitting before the fire, etc
[24] (intr) to be excessively and uncomfortably hot
[25] informal to criticize severely
[26] something that has been roasted, esp meat

Words related to Roast

lampoon, ridicule, lambaste, razz

Words nearby Roast

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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 , adjective
half-roast·ed , adjective
o·ver·roast , verb
un·der·roast , verb (used with object)
un·roast·ed , adjective
well-roast·ed , adjective

Word origin for Roast

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

Synonyms for Roast

lambaste, lampoon, razz, ridicule