Main Entry:

¹roast

Pronunciation:

\ˈrōst\

Function:

verb

Etymology:

Middle English rosten, from Anglo-French rostir, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German rōsten to roast

Date:

13th century

transitive verb1 a: to cook by exposing to dry heat (as in an oven or before a fire) or by surrounding with hot embers, sand, or stones <roast a potato in ashes> b: to dry and parch by exposure to heat <roast coffee beans>2: to heat (inorganic material) with access of air and without fusing to effect change (as expulsion of volatile matter, oxidation, or removal of sulfur from sulfide ores)3: to heat to excess <roasted by the summer sun>4: to subject to severe criticism or ridicule <films have been roasted by most critics — H. J. Seldes>5: to honor (a person) at a roastintransitive verb1: to cook food by heat2: to undergo being roasted