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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-roastpot-roastbroil
   • ▪ (of food) be cooked by roasting: "she checked the meat roasting in the oven for lunch"
   • ▪ process (a foodstuff, metal ore, etc.) by subjecting it to intense heat: "decaffeinated coffee beans are roasted and ground"
   • ▪ make or become very warm, especially through exposure to the heat of the sun or a fire: "the fire was hot enough to roast anyone who stood close to it"
   • 2. criticize or reprimand severely: informal "if you waste his time he'll roast you" Similar criticizecensurecondemncastigatechastiselambastpillorysavageattackfind fault withfulminate againstabusereprimandrebukeberatereproveadmonishremonstrate withreproachtake to taskimpugnharangueblamerevilevilifygive someone a bad presshaul over the coalsinformal:knockslamtake to piecespull apartcrucifybashhammerlay intotear intosail intoroastgive someone a roastingcaneblastbawl outdress downrap over the knuckleshave a go atgive someone hellcarpetslateslag offrubbishmonsterrollickgive someone a rollickinggive someone a rockettear someone off a striptear a strip off someonechew outream outpummelcut upbagvulgar slang:bollockgive someone a bollockingtear someone a new arseholerip someone a new arseholetear someone a new assholerip someone a new assholedated:ratearchaic:slashrare:excoriateobjurgatereprehendOpposite praiseapprove of
   • ▪ subject to good-natured ridicule: North American "the Prince was roasted by Martin—a friendly American custom of insulting a person as a sign of favour"

   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"
   • ▪ the process of roasting something, especially coffee, or the result of this: "the roast is stopped when the colour is moderately dark brown"
   • ▪ a particular type of roasted coffee: "continental roasts"
   • ▪ an outdoor party at which meat of a particular type is roasted: "Harold put on a terrific pig roast"
   • 2. a banquet at which the guest of honour is subjected to good-natured ridicule. US

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French rostir, of West Germanic origin.

   Scrabble Points: 5

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     ROAST meaning: 1. to cook food in an oven or over a fire: 2....

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     ROAST definicja: 1. to cook food in an oven or over a fire:...

   • Roast: Arabic Translation

     ROAST translate: يَشْوي, لَحم مَشوي. Learn more in the...

   • Roast: Italian Translation

     ROAST translate: arrostire, arrosto, arrostire, torrefare,...

   • Roast: German Translation

     roast translate: braten, rösten, gebraten, geröstet, der...

   • Portuguese Translation

     ROAST translate: assar, assado, assado, assar, assado...

   • Roast: Malay Translation

     roast translate: memasak dengan oven, memanaskan, panggang,...

   • Roast: Catalan Translation

     roast translate: rostir(-se), rostit. Learn more in the...

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   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. an outdoor get-together, as a picnic or barbecue, at which food is roasted and eaten: a weenie roast.

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   Roast can be a verb, an adjective or a noun. As a verb, it means to cook food in an oven or over a fire. As an adjective, it describes meat that is cooked in this way. As a noun, it is a piece of roasted meat.