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roast (rōst)
transitive verb
- to cook (something) with little or no moisture, as in an oven, over an open fire, or in hot embers to roast a chicken, an ox, an ear of corn, etc.
- to dry, parch, or brown (coffee, etc.) by exposure to heat
- to expose to great heat
- to heat (an ore) in a furnace in the presence of oxygen or air so as to form oxides
- to warm (oneself), as at a fireplace
- Informal to criticize severely or ridicule without mercy
Etymology: ME rosten < OFr rostir < Frank *raustjan, akin to OHG rosten < rost, gridiron, roast
intransitive verb
- to roast meat, etc.
- to be cooked by being roasted
- to be or become very hot
noun
- something roasted; esp., roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat
- a cut of meat for roasting
- a roasting or being roasted
- ☆ a picnic at which food is roasted and eaten a steer roast
- Informal
- severe criticism or ridicule
- ☆ an entertainment at which a person, esp. a celebrity, undergoes severe but playful criticism
adjective
Related Forms:
- roasting roast′·ing adjective
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
roast
n.
Cuts of meat used as roasts include: shoulder, breast, rib, cross rib, rump, chuck, brisket, crown, leg, top round, bottom round, blade; Kinds of meat used for roasts include: lamb, beef, pork, veal, venison;
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Object
- peanut: Electric Sanders Three packets of dry roasted peanuts and a brandy.
Preposition: on
- spit: May they all roast on a spit with an apple in their mouths.
Adjective modifier
- succulent: All starters and desserts are homemade and the main course is usually a succulent roast served with accompanying sauces and fresh vegetables.
Modifies a noun
- beef: Sandwich choices consist of a roast beef au jus or roasted chicken.
Noun used with modifier
- hog: Sat 26th Today is hog roast, & I am helping at pp stall.
Preposition: in
- oven: Roast in a hot oven for 10 minutes for the carrots to take on a shiny glaze.
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Oh! The roast beef of England, And old England's roast beef!
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