Also found in: Thesaurus, Idioms, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia. To cook with dry heat, as in an oven or near hot coals. To dry, brown, or parch by roasted cubed butternut squash 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. Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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