roast

/ɹəʊst//ɹoʊst/

noun

  1. 1

    A cut of meat suited to roasting

  2. 2

    A meal consisting of roast foods.

  3. 3

    The degree to which something, especially coffee, is roasted.

    “Dark roast means that the coffee bean has been roasted to a higher temperature and for a longer period of time than in light roast.”
  4. 4

    A comical event, originally fraternal, where a person is subjected to verbal attack, yet may be praised by sarcasm and jokes.

verb

  1. 1

    To cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance.

    “to roast meat on a spit”
  2. 2

    To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.

    “to roast a potato in ashes”
  3. 3

    To process by drying through exposure to sun or artificial heat

    “Coffee beans need roasting before use.”
  4. 4

    To heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn.

  5. 5

    To admonish someone vigorously

    “I’m late home for the fourth time this week; my mate will really roast me this time.”
  6. 6

    To subject to bantering, severely criticize, sometimes as a comedy routine.

    “The class clown enjoys being roasted by mates as well as staff.”
  7. 7

    To dissipate by heat the volatile parts of, as ores.

adjective

  1. 1

    Having been cooked by roasting.

  2. 2

    Subjected to roasting, bantered, severely criticized.

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