roast (n.)

  1. a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion

    [ Syn: joint ]

  2. negative criticism

    [ Syn: knock ]

    roast (adj.)

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

    [ Syn: roasted ]

    roast (v.)

  1. cook with dry heat, usually in an oven; roast the turkey'

  2. 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

    [ Syn: ridicule , guy , blackguard , laugh at , jest at , rib , make fun , poke fun ]

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