Meaning & use
roast
To cook food, especially meat or vegetables, using dry heat in an oven or over a fire.
See it in a sentence
We roasted a whole chicken with herbs and potatoes for Sunday dinner.
The chef roasted the vegetables until they were golden and caramelized.
A note on using this word
Roast also means to playfully mock or criticize someone, often at a good-humored public event called a 'roast'.
Words with a similar meaning
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Another way to use it
2. noun
An event where a person is jokingly criticized and teased in front of an audience, usually in good humor.
Friends organized a comedy roast for the retiring coach.
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