Roast

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1 Pronunciation 2 Verb 2.1 Translations 3 Adjective 3.1 Translations 4 Noun 4.1 Translations 5 See also

Pronunciation

• rōst, /rəʊst/, /r@Ust/

  Rhymes: -əʊst

Verb

to roast (roasts, roasted, roasting)

1. To cook food by heating in an oven or over fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance to the food.
2. To admonish someone vigorously

   John was late home for the fourth time this week, his wife was going to give him a real roasting this time

Translations

• Chinese Characters: 烤
• Chinese: 烤
• Dutch: roosteren
• French: rôtir
• German: braten
• Greek: ψήσει
• Italian: arrostire
• Russian: зажарить (zazharit')
• Spanish: asar

Adjective

roast (no comparative or superlative form)

1. Having been cooked by roasting

Translations

• Chinese: 烘烤
• Spanish: asado m, asada f

Noun

roast (roasts)

1. A cut of meat suited to roasting
2. A roast meal

Translations

• Chinese: 烘烤
• Dutch: braadstuk n
• French: rôtis plural
• German: Braten f
• Italian: arrosti plural
• Japanese: 焼き肉
• Korean: 굽기
• Spanish: carne asada f

See also

• bake
• boil
• broil
• chargrill
• fry
• grill
• joint
• poach
• toast