roast

verb

• 1cook (food, especially meat) by prolonged exposure to heat in an oven or over a fire:she was going to roast a leg of lamb for Sunday dinner (as adjective roasted)roasted chestnuts
• [no object] (of food) be cooked by roasting:she checked the meat roasting in the oven
• process (a foodstuff, metal ore, etc.) by subjecting it to intense heat:coffee beans are roasted and ground
• make or become very warm, especially by exposure to the heat of the sun or a fire: [with object]:the fire was hot enough to roast anyone who stood close to it [no object]:Jessica could feel her face begin to roast

• 2criticize or reprimand severely:if you waste his time he’ll roast you
• offer a mocking tribute to (someone) at a roast.

adjective

• (of food) having been cooked in an oven or over an open fire:a plate of cold roast beef

noun

• 1a cut of meat that has been roasted or that is intended for roasting:carving the Sunday roast
• the process of roasting something, especially coffee, or the result of this.
• [with modifier] a particular type of roasted coffee:continental roasts
• an outdoor party at which meat, especially of a particular type, is roasted:Harold put on a terrific pig roast

• 2a banquet to honor a person at which the honoree is subjected to good-natured ridicule.