roast

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: rōst, IPA ^(key): /roʊst/
• (UK) enPR: rōst, IPA ^(key): /rəʊst/

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Verb

Plain form roast

Third-person singular roasts

Past tense roasted

Past participle roasted

Present participle roasting

1. If you roast vegetables or meat, you cook it over a fire or in an oven for a long time.

   I will roast the chicken in the oven.

2. If you roast someone, you tell off someone very harshly.

   You just got roasted!

Noun

Singular roast

Plural roasts

A roast chicken

1. A roast is a piece of meat that is cooked.
2. A roast is a party where food is cooked over a fire.