roast has definitions from the fields of chemistry,food
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[ verb ] (food) cook with dry heat, usually in an oven

Examples

"roast the turkey"

Used in print

(Jane Gilmore Rushing, "Against the Moon,"...)

I want to roast the whole_thing , and have it for the boys '' .

2
[ noun ] (chemistry,food) a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion

Synonyms

joint

3
[ adjective ] (of meat) cooked by dry heat in an oven

Synonyms

roasted

Related terms

cooked

4
[ verb ] subject to laughter or ridicule

Examples

"The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house" "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher" "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday"

5
[ noun ] negative criticism

Synonyms

knock

Related terms

criticism ridicule

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