roast, roasted
(adjective) (meat) cooked by dry heat in an oven
Source: WordNet® 3.1
roasted (comparative more roasted, superlative most roasted)
Cooked by roasting.
Synonym: roast
roasted
simple past tense and past participle of roast
• adorest, dorsate, rosated, torsade
Source: Wiktionary
Roast, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Roasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Roasting.] Etym: [OE. rosten, OF. rostir, F. rôtir; of German origin; cf. OHG. rosten, G. rösten, fr. OHG. rost, rosta, gridiron, G. rost; cf. AS. hyrstan to roast.]
1. To cook by exposure to radiant heat before a fire; as, to roast meat on a spit, or in an oven open toward the fire and having reflecting surfaces within; also, to cook in a close oven.
2. To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.; as, to roast a potato in ashes. In eggs boiled and roasted there is scarce difference to be discerned. BAcon.
3. To dry and parch by exposure to heat; as, to roast coffee; to roast chestnuts, or peanuts.
4. Hence, to heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn. "Roasted in wrath and fire." Shak.
5. (Metal.)
Definition: To dissipate by heat the volatile parts of, as ores.
6. To banter severely. [Colloq.] Atterbury.
Roast, v. i.
1. To cook meat, fish, etc., by heat, as before the fire or in an oven. He could roast, and seethe, and broil, and fry. Chaucer.
2. To undergo the process of being roasted.
Roast, n.
Definition: That which is roasted; a piece of meat which has been roasted, or is suitable for being roasted. A fat swan loved he best of any roost [roast]. Chaucer. To rule the roast, to be at the head of affairs. "The new-made duke that rules the roast." Shak.
Roast, a. Etym: [For roasted.]
Definition: Roasted; as, roast beef.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
31 May 2025
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