1. A cook who roasts food
   "The roaster carefully monitored the temperature of the oven to ensure the perfect turkey"
    
2. A special cooking pan for roasting
   "She placed the turkey in the roaster before putting it in the oven"
    
3. Flesh of a large young chicken over 3 1/2 lb suitable for roasting
   "They chose a plump roaster for the Sunday dinner"
    
4. A harsh or humorous critic (sometimes intended as a facetious compliment)
   "the honouree gave his roasters as good as he got"

Derived forms: roasters

Type of: chicken, cook, cooking pan, critic, pan, poulet, volaille [archaic]

Encyclopedia: Roaster