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roast

/ roast /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion
Type of:
cut cut of meat
Kinds of:
blade roast pot roast rib roast standing rib roast top round
verb Sense 2
cook with dry heat, usually in an oven
"roast the turkey"
Type of:
cook
Kinds of:
pan roast
Derived:
joint roaster roasting
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Domain:
cooking cookery preparation
adjective satellite Sense 3
(of meat) cooked by dry heat in an oven
Similar:
cooked
noun Sense 4
negative criticism
Type of:
criticism critique
Derived:
ridicule guy blackguard laugh at jest at
verb Sense 5
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"
Type of:
mock bemock
Kinds of:
tease satirize satirise lampoon debunk
Derived:
rib tease teasing ribbing knock
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Semantic Complexity
71%
Sense Count
5
Total Synonyms
1
Total Relationships
32
Times Searched
3
Relationship Distribution

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Related Words

cut cut of meat blade roast pot roast rib roast standing rib roast top round cook pan roast cooked criticism critique