Definitions for roastroʊst

roastroʊst(v.t.)

to cook (meat or other food) by direct exposure to dry heat, as in an oven or over live coals.
Category: Cooking
to parch by exposure to heat, as coffee beans.
Category: Cooking
to cook or heat by embedding in hot coals, embers, etc.:
to roast chestnuts.
to heat excessively.
Category: Common Vocabulary
to heat (ore or the like) in air in order to oxidize.
Category: Metallurgy
to warm (one's hands, etc.) at a hot fire.
to ridicule or criticize severely or mercilessly.
Category: Informal
to honor with or subject to a roast.
Category: Common Vocabulary
(v.i.)to roast meat or other food.
to undergo the process of becoming roasted.
(n.)a piece of meat that has been roasted or is suitable for roasting.
Category: Cooking
something that is roasted.
the act or process of roasting.
severe criticism.
Category: Informal
a facetious ceremonial tribute in which the guest of honor is both praised and good-naturedly insulted.
Category: Common Vocabulary
an outdoor get-together at which food is roasted:
a weenie roast.
(adj.)roasted:
roast beef.

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

roast, joint(noun)
a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion
knock, roast(adj)
negative criticism
roast, roasted(verb)
(meat) cooked by dry heat in an oven
roast(verb)
cook with dry heat, usually in an oven
"roast the turkey"
ridicule, roast, guy, blackguard, laugh at, jest at, rib, make fun, poke fun(verb)
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"

roast(Noun)
A cut of meat suited to roasting
roast(Noun)
A meal consisting of roast foods.
roast(Noun)
(Originally fraternal) A comical event where a person is subjected to verbal attack, yet may be praised by sarcasm and jokes.
roast(Verb)
To cook food by heating in an oven or over fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance to the food.
roast(Verb)
To process by drying through exposure to sun or artificial heat
Coffee beans need roasting before
roast(Verb)
To admonish someone vigorously
Iu2019m late home for the fourth time this week; my mate will really roast me this time.
roast(Verb)
To subject to bantering, severely criticize, sometimes as a comedy routine.
The class clown enjoys being roasted by mates as well as staff.
roast(Verb)
To undergo roasting in any of the above senses
roast(Adjective)
having been cooked by roasting
roast(Adjective)
subjected to roasting, bantered, severely criticized

Origin: From rosten, from rostir (Modern French: rôtir), of origin, from Old *, from raustijanan, from reus-. Cognate with roosteren, rösten.

Roast(verb)
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
Roast(verb)
to cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.; as, to roast a potato in ashes
Roast(verb)
to dry and parch by exposure to heat; as, to roast coffee; to roast chestnuts, or peanuts
Roast(verb)
hence, to heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn
Roast(verb)
to dissipate by heat the volatile parts of, as ores
Roast(verb)
to banter severely
Roast(verb)
to cook meat, fish, etc., by heat, as before the fire or in an oven
Roast(verb)
to undergo the process of being roasted
Roast(noun)
that which is roasted; a piece of meat which has been roasted, or is suitable for being roasted
Roast(adj)
roasted; as, roast beef