1. (cooking) cook with dry heat, usually in an oven
   "roast the turkey"
    
2. [informal] Subject to laughter or ridicule
   "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday";
   - ridicule, guy, blackguard, laugh at, jest at, rib [informal], make fun of, poke fun
    
3. [informal] Strongly criticize
   "she was roastd for being fat";
   - slate [Brit, informal], tear to shreds [informal], slam [informal], burn [informal]

1. A piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion
   "The Sunday roast was a family tradition";
   - joint
    
2. [informal] Negative criticism
   "The film received a scathing roast from the critics";
   - knock

1. (meat) cooked by dry heat in an oven
   "The roast chicken was golden brown and juicy";
   - roasted

Derived forms: roasts, roasting, roasted

See also: cooked

Type of: bemock [archaic], cook, crit [informal], criticism, critique, cut, cut of meat, mock

Encyclopedia: Roast