ROAST
Dictionary entry overview: What does roast mean?
• ROAST (noun)
The noun ROAST has 2 senses:
1. a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion
2. negative criticism
Familiarity information: ROAST used as a noun is rare.
• ROAST (adjective)
The adjective ROAST has 1 sense:
1. (meat) cooked by dry heat in an oven
Familiarity information: ROAST used as an adjective is very rare.
• ROAST (verb)
The verb ROAST has 2 senses:
1. cook with dry heat, usually in an oven
2. subject to laughter or ridicule
Familiarity information: ROAST used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ROAST (noun)
Meaning:
A piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
roast; joint
Hypernyms ("roast" is a kind of...):
cut; cut of meat (a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "roast"):
blade roast (a roast cut from the blade)
pork roast; roast pork (cut of pork suitable for roasting)
lamb roast; roast lamb (a cut of lamb suitable for roasting)
roast veal; veal roast (cut of veal suitable for roasting)
beef roast; roast beef (cut of beef suitable for roasting)
rump roast (a cut of beef or veal from the fleshy hindquarters of the animal)
top round (roast cut from the round; usually suitable for roasting)
rib roast; standing rib roast (a cut of meat including more than one rib)
pot roast (cut of beef suitable for simmering in liquid in a closed pot)
Meaning:
Negative criticism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
knock; roast
Hypernyms ("roast" is a kind of...):
criticism; critique (a serious examination and judgment of something)
• ROAST (adjective)
Meaning:
(meat) cooked by dry heat in an oven
Synonyms:
roast; roasted
Similar:
cooked (having been prepared for eating by the application of heat)
• ROAST (verb)
Meaning:
Cook with dry heat, usually in an oven
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
roast the turkey
Hypernyms (to "roast" is one way to...):
cook (transform and make suitable for consumption by heating)
Domain category:
cookery; cooking; preparation (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "roast"):
pan roast (roast in a pan)
Sentence frames:
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Sentence example:
The chefs roast the vegetables
Meaning:
Subject to laughter or ridicule
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
ridicule; poke fun; make fun; laugh at; jest at; guy; blackguard; rib; roast
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms (to "roast" is one way to...):
bemock; mock (treat with contempt)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "roast"):
tease (mock or make fun of playfully)
lampoon; satirise; satirize (ridicule with satire)
debunk; expose (expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas)
stultify (cause to appear foolish)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
