Roast
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of Roast
Verb
- 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"
- To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.
"to roast a potato in ashes"
- To process by drying through exposure to sun or artificial heat.
"Coffee beans need roasting before use."
- To heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn.
- To admonish someone vigorously.
"I'm late home for the fourth time this week; my mate will really roast me this time."
Noun
- A piece of meat suited to roasting; meat that has been roasted.
"Serve the roast with gravy and mashed potatoes."
- A meal consisting of roast foods.
"Come over this weekend for Sunday roast."
- 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."
- An instance of being severely admonished, criticized, roasted. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
- A comical event, originally fraternal, where a person is subjected to verbal attack, yet may be praised by sarcasm and jokes.
Anagrams of Roast
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