Definitions of Roast [ʊst]

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Definition of 'Roast'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) roast
to cook (meat or other food) by direct exposure to dry heat, as in an oven or over live coals.

2.  roast
to parch by exposure to heat, as coffee beans.

3.  roast
to cook or heat by embedding in hot coals, embers, etc.:
to roast chestnuts.

4.  roast
to heat excessively.

5.  roast
to heat (ore or the like) in air in order to oxidize.

6.  roast
to warm (one's hands, etc.) at a hot fire.

7.  roast
to ridicule or criticize severely or mercilessly.

8.  roast
to honor with or subject to a roast.

9. (v.i.) roast
to roast meat or other food.

10.  roast
to undergo the process of becoming roasted.

11. (n.) roast
a piece of meat that has been roasted or is suitable for roasting.

12.  roast
something that is roasted.

13.  roast
the act or process of roasting.

14.  roast
severe criticism.

15.  roast
a facetious ceremonial tribute in which the guest of honor is both praised and good-naturedly insulted.

16.  roast
an outdoor get-together at which food is roasted:
a weenie roast.

17. (adj.) roast
roasted:
roast beef.

Etymology: (1250–1300; (v.) ME rosten < OF rostir < Gmc; cf. D roosten, G rösten; (adj.) earlier the ptp., ME

Definition of 'Roast'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) roast, joint
a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion

2. (adj) knock, roast
negative criticism

3. (verb) roast, roasted
(meat) cooked by dry heat in an oven

4. (verb) roast
cook with dry heat, usually in an oven
"roast the turkey"

5. (verb) ridicule, roast, guy, blackguard, laugh at, jest at, rib, make fun, poke fun
subject to laughter or ridicule
"The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday"

Definition of 'Roast'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) roast
to cook meat or vegetables in an oven
He roasted the chicken.

2. (noun) roast
a piece of meat that has been roasted
a lamb roast

3. (adjective) roast
(of meat) cooked in an oven
roast beef

Definition of 'Roast'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) Roast
roasted; as, roast beef

2. (noun) Roast
that which is roasted; a piece of meat which has been roasted, or is suitable for being roasted

3. (verb) Roast
to cook by exposure to radiant heat before a fire; as, to roast meat on a spit, or in an oven open toward the fire and having reflecting surfaces within; also, to cook in a close oven

4. (verb) Roast
to cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.; as, to roast a potato in ashes

5. (verb) Roast
to dry and parch by exposure to heat; as, to roast coffee; to roast chestnuts, or peanuts

6. (verb) Roast
hence, to heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn

7. (verb) Roast
to dissipate by heat the volatile parts of, as ores

8. (verb) Roast
to banter severely

9. (verb) Roast
to cook meat, fish, etc., by heat, as before the fire or in an oven

10. (verb) Roast
to undergo the process of being roasted

Translation of 'Roast'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to cook or be cooked in an oven, or over or in front of a fire etc to roast a chicken over the fire; The beef was roasting in the oven.
Afrikaans: bak	Arabic: يَشْوي لَحْما	Bulgarian: пека (се)
Brazilian: assar	Czech: péci	German: braten
Danish: stege	Greek: ψήνω, ψήνομαι	Spanish: asar
Estonian: küpsetama, küpsema	Farsi: کباب کردن؛ برشته کردن	Finnish: paistaa
French: (faire) rôtir/griller	Hebrew: לִצלוֹת	Hindi: भूनना
Croatian: peći (se), pržiti (se)	Hungarian: megsüt; (meg)sül	Indonesian: memanggang
Icelandic: steikja	Italian: arrostire	Japanese: 焼く
Korean: (화덕에 또는 꼬챙이에 꽂아 불에 직접) 굽다	Lithuanian: (iš)kepti	Latvian: cept; cepties
Malay: memasak dengan oven	Dutch: braden	Norwegian: steke(s), bli stekt
Polish: piec	Persian: کباب کردن؛ برشته کردن	Pashto: کباب کول
Portuguese: assar	Romanian: a (se) frige; a (se) coac	Russian: жарить
Slovak: piecť	Slovenian: peči	Serbian: peći
Swedish: steka	Thai: ปิ้ง; อบ; ย่าง	Turkish: ızgarada/fırında pişirmek
Taiwanese: 燒烤	Ukrainian: жарити(ся), смажити(ся)	Urdu: بھوننا
Vietnamese: nướng	Chinese: 烤制
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