roast | | |
n. (food) | 1. joint, roast | a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion. |
| ~ cut of meat, cut | a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass. |
| ~ blade roast | 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. |
n. (cognition) | 2. knock, roast | negative criticism. |
| ~ criticism, critique | a serious examination and judgment of something.; "constructive criticism is always appreciated" |
v. (change) | 3. roast | cook with dry heat, usually in an oven.; "roast the turkey" |
| ~ cookery, cooking, preparation | the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat.; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" |
| ~ cook | transform and make suitable for consumption by heating.; "These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes" |
| ~ pan roast | roast in a pan.; "pan-roast that meat" |
v. (communication) | 4. blackguard, guy, jest at, laugh at, make fun, poke fun, rib, ridicule, roast | subject to laughter or ridicule.; "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday" |
| ~ bemock, mock | treat with contempt.; "The new constitution mocks all democratic principles" |
| ~ tease | mock or make fun of playfully.; "the flirting man teased the young woman" |
| ~ lampoon, satirise, satirize | ridicule with satire.; "The writer satirized the politician's proposal" |
| ~ debunk, expose | expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas.; "The physicist debunked the psychic's claims" |
| ~ stultify | cause to appear foolish.; "He stultified himself by contradicting himself and being inconsistent" |
adj. | 5. roast, roasted | (meat) cooked by dry heat in an oven. |
| ~ cooked | having been prepared for eating by the application of heat. |
skewer | | |
n. (artifact) | 1. skewer | a long pin for holding meat in position while it is being roasted. |
| ~ pin | a small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things. |
| ~ spit | a skewer for holding meat over a fire. |
v. (contact) | 2. skewer, spit | drive a skewer through.; "skewer the meat for the BBQ" |
| ~ pin | pierce with a pin.; "pin down the butterfly" |
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