noun Download 🔗Share A cut of meat suited to roasting Examples : "The butcher recommended a pork roast for the family barbecue. " food Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A meal consisting of roast foods. Examples : "The roast was delicious; everyone enjoyed the meal. " food Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The degree to which something, especially coffee, is roasted. Examples : "Dark roast means that the coffee bean has been roasted to a higher temperature and for a longer period of time than in light roast." food drink Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A comical event, originally fraternal, where a person is subjected to verbal attack, yet may be praised by sarcasm and jokes. Examples : "The annual staff roast was a hilarious event, with colleagues jokingly criticizing each other's quirks, but also offering sincere, sarcastic compliments. " entertainment culture group event communication Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance. Examples : "to roast meat on a spit" food utensil action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc. Examples : "to roast a potato in ashes" food utensil Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To process by drying through exposure to sun or artificial heat Examples : "Coffee beans need roasting before use." food process Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn. Examples : "The oven was roasting the chicken until it was golden brown. " energy physics Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To admonish someone vigorously Examples : "I’m late home for the fourth time this week; my mate will really roast me this time." communication language attitude character Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To subject to bantering, severely criticize, sometimes as a comedy routine. Examples : "The class clown enjoys being roasted by mates as well as staff." entertainment communication language media culture Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To dissipate by heat the volatile parts of, as ores. Examples : "The miners roasted the ore to extract the valuable metal. " chemistry geology material process Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Having been cooked by roasting. Examples : "We enjoyed the roast chicken for dinner. " food Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Subjected to roasting, bantered, severely criticized. Examples : "The teacher's roast of the student's presentation was both funny and severely critical. " attitude character entertainment communication Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading