26984 words

roast

10 definitions • 9 examples
1
to cook food in an oven or over a fire:

Examples:

Just roast the chicken in the oven and baste it in oil and lemon.
figurative We lay on the beach and roasted (= got very hot) in the Mediterranean sun.
2
to heat nuts or coffee beans so that they become drier and browner
3
to criticize severely or speak angrily to someone:
4
to humorously criticize and make jokes about a famous person at a public event honouring that person, as a part of the event:

Examples:

He's known for roasting big-name celebrities on his Comedy Central shows.
5
Roast meat or vegetables have been cooked in an oven or over a fire:
7
an event where a famous person has jokes and humorous criticisms made about them, for entertainment:

Examples:

There will be a roast hosted by Bill Maher to mark Larry King's 50 years on radio and television.
8
to cook meat or other food by dry heat in an oven or over a fire
9
a large piece of meat cooked in an oven:

Examples:

a beef roast
10
A roast is also an outside event at which food is cooked over a fire:

Examples:

a lobster roast

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