Definition of roast

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  • roast is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 5
  • roast is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 5
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Definition of roast

  • subject to laughter or ridicule (verb)

    Examples

    1. His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday

    Synonyms

    1. blackguard
    2. guy
    3. jest at
    4. laugh at
    5. make fun
    6. poke fun
    7. rib
    8. ridicule
  • a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. joint
  • (meat) cooked by dry heat in an oven (adjective)

    Synonyms

    1. roasted
  • negative criticism (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. knock
  • cook with dry heat, usually in an oven (verb)

    Examples

    1. roast the turkey

See definition of roast in Merriam Webster