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Meaning of roast
noun
- A cut of meat suited to roasting
- A meal consisting of roast foods.
- The degree to which something, especially coffee, is roasted. Example: 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.
- A comical event, originally fraternal, where a person is subjected to verbal attack, yet may be praised by sarcasm and jokes.
verb
- To cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance. Example: to roast meat on a spit
- To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc. Example: to roast a potato in ashes
- To process by drying through exposure to sun or artificial heat Example: Coffee beans need roasting before use.
- To heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn.
- To admonish someone vigorously Example: I’m late home for the fourth time this week; my mate will really roast me this time.
adjective
- Having been cooked by roasting.
- Subjected to roasting, bantered, severely criticized.
Source: Free Dictionary API.
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