1 to cook food, especially meat, without liquid in an oven or over a fire; to be cooked in this way:
[VN] to roast a chicken * [V] the smell of roasting meat
2 [VN] to cook nuts, beans, etc. in order to dry them and turn them brown:
roasted chestnuts / coffee beans / peanuts
3 [VN] (informal or humorous) to be very angry with sb; to criticize sb strongly
4 (informal) to become or to make sth become very hot in the sun or by a fire:
[V] She could feel her skin beginning to roast. [also VN]
Part of speech: noun
1 (BrE also joint) a large piece of meat that is cooked whole in the oven:
the Sunday roast
2 (AmE) (often in compounds) a party that takes place in sb's garden/yard at which food is cooked over an open fire:
a hot dog roast
3 (AmE) an event, especially a meal, at which people celebrate sb's life by telling funny stories, insulting jokes, etc. about them
Part of speech: adjective
[onlybeforenoun] cooked in an oven or over a fire:
roast chicken / beef / chestnuts
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