roast
UK/ɹəʊst//ɹoʊst/
roast verb: to cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance.
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Verb
roast (third-person singular simple present roasts, present participle roasting, simple past and past participle roasted)
- To cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance.
- to roast meat on a spit
- To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.
- to roast a potato in ashes
- In eggs boiled and roasted […]there is scarce difference to be discerned.1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted...
- To process by drying through exposure to sun or artificial heat.
- Coffee beans need roasting before use.
- to roast chestnuts or peanuts
- To heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn.
- roasted in wrath and firec. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
- To admonish someone vigorously.
- I'm late home for the fourth time this week; my mate will really roast me this time.
- To subject to bantering, severely criticize, sometimes as a comedy routine.
- He roasted a bully who then fought with him.
- The class clown enjoys being roasted by mates as well as staff.
- To dissipate the volatile parts of by heat, as ores.
Noun
roast (plural roasts)
- A piece of meat suited to roasting; meat that has been roasted.
- Near-synonym: joint
- Serve the roast with gravy and mashed potatoes.
- Synonyms:
- joint
- A meal consisting of roast foods.
- Come over this weekend for Sunday roast.
- The degree to which something, especially coffee, is roasted.
- 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.
- An instance of being severely admonished, criticized, roasted.
- “He ain’t no good!” With this she steps back to the table where Miss Montague has just tired of the Cuban, slips her arms about that seraph’s waist, and says: “Your Frank is in Washington and my Jasper has just given me a roast. Reckon we’ll both have to be bachelor girls to-night.”1899, Archibald Clavering Gunter, M.S. Bradford, Special, page 58
- A comical event, originally fraternal, where a person is subjected to verbal attack, yet may be praised by sarcasm and jokes.
- A social event at which food is roasted and eaten.
- On Memorial Day we hosted a wiener roast in the backyard.
- A creative insult as a response to something someone said.
- Synonyms:
- burn
Adjective
roast (not comparable)
roast meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
roast in Hindi
- to cook food by heating in an oven or fire
- भूनना bhūnnā, भुनाना bhunānā
- to process by drying through heat-exposure
- सेंकना sẽknā
- to heat to excess; burn
- जलाना jalānā
- having been cooked by roasting
- भुना bhunā
roast in Tamil
- முறுவல், முறு
roast in Marathi
- भाजणे, भाजून घेणे, भाजून घ्या
roast in Urdu
- بھوننا, سیخ کرنا
More languagesFewer languages
- roast in Bengali
- ভাজা, পোড়ানো
- roast in Telugu
- కాల్చు kālcu
- roast in Malayalam
- വേവിക്കുക vēvikkuka, പൊരിക്കുക porikkuka
- roast in Kannada
- ಹುರಿ, ಕರಿ, ಸುಡು, ಕರಿಗೊಳಿಸು
- roast in Punjabi
- ਭੁੰਨਣਾ, ਭੁੰਨੋ
- roast in Gujarati
- ભૂંજવું bhū̃jvũ
- roast in Odia
- ରୋଷ୍ଟ କରିବା ପାଇଁ
- roast in Assamese
- সেকা xeka
- roast in Nepali
- पोल्नु polnu
- roast in Arabic
- شَوَى šawā, صَلَى ṣalā, قَلَى qalā, حَمَّرَ ḥammara
- roast in Persian
- برشتن bereštan, کباب کردن kabâb kardan
- roast in Thai
- ย่าง yâang, ปิ้ง bpîng, เผา pǎo
- roast in Vietnamese
- nướng
Examples of roast in a sentence
- My favourite sandwich has roast beef and Swiss on rye bread.
- Set the joint in a roasting tin and roast for the calculated cooking time.
- He bought a tub of lard to roast the potatoes in.
Synonyms of roast
Forms of roast
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | roasts |
| present participle | roasting |
| past participle | roasted |
| past | roasted |
| alternative form (obsolete) | rost |
| Noun | |
| plural | roasts |
Origin of roast
From Middle English rosten, a borrowing from Old French rostir (“to roast, to torture with fire”), from Frankish *rōstijan (“to roast, broil”), from Proto-Germanic *raustijaną (“to roast”), from Proto-Indo-European *Hrews- (“to crackle; roast”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian rosterje (“to roast”), Dutch roosten, roosteren (“to roast”), German rösten (“to roast”). Displaced native Middle English breden, bræden (“to roast”), from Old English brǣdan, related to German braten (“to roast, grill”). The noun is from Middle English roste, from Old French rost, roste, from the verb.
Words formed from roast
- broast
- overroast
- reroast
- roastability
- roastable
- roastee
- roasterie
- roastery
- roasting cylinder
- roasting ear
- roasting jack
- roasting pan
- roasting tin
- roast up
- there is reason in the roasting of eggs
- underroast
- ribroast
- unroast
- bull roast
- corn roast
- crown roast
- nut roast
- pork roast
- pot roast
- prate-roast
- roastage
- roastmaster
- rule the roast
- spit roast
- Sunday roast
- wiener roast
- roast beef
- roast-beef plant
- roast dinner
- roastie
- roast iron
- roast-meat clothes
- roast pork
- roasty
Phrases with roast
Words that rhyme with roast
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Questions about roast
- What does roast mean?
- Roast means to cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance.
- What is roast in Hindi?
- Roast in Hindi is भूनना (bhūnnā), भुनाना (bhunānā), सेंकना (sẽknā). See Roast meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is roast?
- Roast can be a verb, a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce roast?
- Roast is pronounced /ɹoʊst/ (US).
- What is the past tense of roast?
- The past tense of roast is roasted.
Words near roast in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: roast (page history and authors); roast (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); roast (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); roast (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); roast (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); కాల్చు (Telugu) (page history and authors); പൊരിക്കുക (Malayalam) (page history and authors); roast (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); roast (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ભૂંજવું (Gujarati) (page history and authors); roast (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); पोल्नु (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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