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    roast
    /rəʊst/

    verb

    • 1. cook (food, especially meat) by prolonged exposure to heat in an oven or over a fire: "she was going to roast a leg of mutton for Sunday dinner" Similar cookbakegrillspit-roast
    • 2. criticize or reprimand severely: informal "if you waste his time he'll roast you" Similar criticizecensurecondemncastigateOpposite praiseapprove of

    adjective

    • 1. (of food) having been roasted: "a plate of cold roast beef"

    noun

    • 1. a joint of meat that has been roasted or that is intended for roasting: "carving the Sunday roast"
    • 2. a banquet at which the guest of honour is subjected to good-natured ridicule. US

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