roast
To cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance.
Example
“to roast meat on a spit”
Other meanings
To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.
“to roast a potato in ashes”
To process by drying through exposure to sun or artificial heat.
“Coffee beans need roasting before use.”
Related words
- roasting ear
- roasting cylinder
- roasting jack
- roasting pan
- roasting tin
- roast up
- broast
- overroast
- reroast
- ribroast
- roastability
- roastable
Example sentences
Word history
From Old French "rostir" (to roast, to torture with fire).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “roast” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.