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Dictionary definition for: Roast

1. (n) a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion

2. (v) cook with dry heat, usually in an oven; "roast the turkey"

3. (s) (of meat) cooked by dry heat in an oven

4. (n) negative criticism

5. (v) subject to laughter or ridicule; "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house" "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher" "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday"

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