Sekirov Dictionary

roast

UK /ɹəʊst/US /ɹoʊst/

verb7

  1. to cook food uncovered in an oven or above an open fire until dry heat browns its outside
  2. To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.
  3. To process by drying through exposure to sun or artificial heat.
  4. (figurative) To admonish someone vigorously.
  5. (figurative) To subject to bantering, severely criticize, sometimes as a comedy routine.
  6. To heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn.
  7. To dissipate the volatile parts of by heat, as ores.

noun7

  1. A piece of meat suited to roasting; meat that has been roasted.
  2. A meal consisting of roast foods.
  3. (US, Canada) A social event at which food is roasted and eaten.
  4. The degree to which something, especially coffee, is roasted.
  5. A comical event, originally fraternal, where a person is subjected to verbal attack, yet may be praised by sarcasm and jokes.
  6. (slang) A creative insult as a response to something someone said.
  7. An instance of being severely admonished, criticized, roasted.

adjective2

  1. Having been cooked by roasting.
  2. (figurative) Subjected to roasting; bantered; severely criticized.
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