what does roast mean?
ROAST as NOUN
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Hypernyms(s) roast is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion
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Hypernyms(s) roast is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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ROAST as VERB
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- cook with dry heat, usually in an oven
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Hypernyms(s) roast is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- subject to laughter or ridicule
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- 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
Hypernyms(s) roast is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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ROAST as ADJECTIVE
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- (of meat) cooked by dry heat in an oven
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