[
UK
/ɹˈəʊst/
]
[ US /ˈɹoʊst/ ]
[ US /ˈɹoʊst/ ]
NOUN
- negative criticism
- a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion
VERB
-
subject to laughter or ridicule
The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher
The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house
His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday -
cook with dry heat, usually in an oven
roast the turkey
ADJECTIVE
- (meat) cooked by dry heat in an oven
How To Use roast In A Sentence
- Ask for an aged standing rib roast from the forequarter, trimmed and chined; bring to room temperature before roasting.
- Think roast partridge with wild mushrooms followed by a little pot of chocolate rosemary.
- Alma talked a great deal over that meal of roast turkey.
- These include a nice Nigerian guy who sells the best roast chicken around (he did this in Paris as well), a couple of Egyptians and a Tunisian who make great chicken shawarma and a couple of Turkish guys who do the same with beef.
- Their vices and their virtues and their music, and their greed and their fairyism and their militarism, all seem to have been roasted in a hurry, and to contain, like red meat, the natural juices to an extent that seems to us excessive. This Is the End
- Parched corn coffee was brewed by mixing roasted corn with boiling water.
- The roasted fruit is emollient and used as a poultice in the treatment of gumboils, dental abscesses etc.
- Acrylamide is produced during cooking, particularly high-temperature processes such as frying and roasting. Times, Sunday Times
- The food fares well in terms of freshness, quantity and effort, and there's a made-to-order pasta bar and a station where roast beef is carved before your eyes.
- The tantalising smell of roast tomatoes and red peppers is a taste of delights to come. Times, Sunday Times
