Search results for 'roaster':

roast verb (roasted, roasting) 1 to cook (meat or other food) by exposure to dry heat, often with the addition of fat and especially in an oven. 2 to dry and brown (coffee beans, nuts, etc) by exposure to dry heat. 3 intrans said of meat, coffee beans, nuts, etc: to be cooked or dried and made brown by exposure to dry heat. 4 metallurgy to heat (ores, etc) in a furnace to remove impurities and make them more workable. 5 colloq to warm or heat (oneself or something else) to an extreme or excessive degree • roast in the sun. 6 intrans, colloq to be uncomfortably hot. 7 colloq to criticize severely. noun 1 a piece of meat which has been roasted or is suitable for roasting. 2 N Amer a party in the open air at which food is roasted and eaten. adj roasted • roast potatoes. roaster noun 1 an oven or dish for roasting food. 2 a vegetable, fowl, etc, suitable for roasting. 3 colloq an extremely hot day.
ETYMOLOGY: 13c: from French rostir.