Also found in: Thesaurus, Idioms, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia. To cook with dry roasted broccoli calories, as in an oven or near hot coals. To dry, brown, or parch by exposing to heat. To expose to great or excessive heat.

To honor at or subject to a roast. To cook food in an oven. A cut of meat suitable or prepared for roasting. The act or process of roasting. A facetious tribute, as at a banquet, in which the honoree is alternately praised and insulted.