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roast

UK/ɹəʊst/ US/ɹoʊst/ fairly common slang us
verb (2) noun (2) adjective (1)

verb

1.

cook with dry heat, usually in an oven

  • “roast the turkey”
2.

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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noun

1.

a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion

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adjective

1.

(of meat) cooked by dry heat in an oven

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Origin

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.

Phrases

  • bull roast
  • corn roast
  • crown roast
  • nut roast
  • pork roast
  • pot roast
  • roast beef
  • roast dinner
  • roast iron
  • roast pork
  • roast up
  • roast-beef plant

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