roast

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: roast

1	v adj n	cook with dry heat, usually in an oven (meat) cooked by dry heat in an oven a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion
2	v n	subject to laughter or ridicule negative criticism

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: roast

“roast the turkey”

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a roast cut from the blade; pot roast
cut of beef suitable for simmering in liquid in a closed pot; rib roast, standing rib roast
a cut of meat (beef or venison) including more than one rib and the meat located along the outside of the ribs; top round
roast cut from the round; usually suitable for roasting; rump roast
a cut of beef or veal from the fleshy hindquarters of the animal; beef roast, roast beef
cut of beef suitable for roasting; roast veal, veal roast
cut of veal suitable for roasting; lamb roast, roast lamb
a cut of lamb suitable for roasting; pork roast, roast pork
cut of pork suitable for roasting; bottom round
cut from the round; suitable for pot roast; breast of veal
usually stuffed and roasted; fricandeau
larded veal braised and glazed in its own juices; crown roast, rack of lamb
a roast of the rib section of lamb; gigot, leg of lamb
lamb leg suitable for roasting

Type of:: cut, cut of meat
a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass

“His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday”

Synonyms:: blackguard, guy, jest at, laugh at, make fun, poke fun, rib, ridicule

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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; uncloak, unmask
reveal the true nature of

Type of:: criticism, critique
a serious examination and judgment of something

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