late 13c., "to cook by dry heat," from Old French rostir "to roast, burn" (Modern French rôtir), from Frankish *hraustjan (cognate with Old High German rosten, German rösten, Middl [..]

early 14c., "meat roasted or for roasting;" see roast (v.). Meaning "a roasting" is from 1580s. Sense of "an unmerciful bantering" is from 1740.

To cook by dry heat in an oven.

To cook by heated air, usually in an enclosed space such as an oven or barbecue pit, but also on a revolving spit before an open fire. Roasting nearly always refers to meats.

to cook meat in an oven

Cooking with dry heat.

To cook in an oven at a high temperature without any covering in order to give a crisp, well–browned exterior and a just–cooked moist interior. Usually applied to meat, poultry or vegetables, though anything can be roasted.

To see or eat roast in a dream, is an omen of domestic infelicity and secret treachery.   

To cook a large piece of meat or poultry uncovered with dry heat in an oven.

A piece of Jamaican meat such as a Jamaican rib roast that's large enough to serve more than one person. Such a Jamaican meat cut is usually cooked by the roasting method. It also refers to a Jamaican cooking method to oven cook Jamaican food in an uncovered pan, a method that usually produces a well-browned exterior and ideally a moist interi [..]

A large piece of meat or poultry that's usually cooked by roasting. Roasting refers to a dry-heat cooking method used to cook foods, uncovered, in an oven. Tender pieces of meat work best for roa [..]

To oven-cook food in an uncovered pan. The food is exposed to high heat which produces a well-browned surface and seals in the juices. Reasonably tender pieces of meat or poultry should be used for ro [..]

To cook in an oven uncovered.

To cook uncovered in an oven without adding liquid.

To cook by the free circulation of dry heat, often beginning with a very hot oven to seal in juices and then reducing the heat to complete the cooking.

To cook food in an oven, using dry heat.; placing food on a spit before a fire; or surrounding food with hot embers, sand or stones.

A dry heat cooking method in which food is cooked in an oven in an uncovered pan in order to produce a well-browned exterior and a moist interior.

A cut of meat that is large enough to serve more than one person.

To cook in an uncovered pan in the oven to produce a well-browned exterior and a moister, cooked interior. During roasting, no liquid (such as water or wine) comes into contact with the food. Example

(n) a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion(n) negative criticism(v) cook with dry heat, usually in an oven(v) subject to laughter or ridicule(adj) [..]

To rule the roast. To have the chief direction; to be paramount.

Interchangeable with bake, usually for proteins like meats or poultry. Cooking in a hot, dry space produces a flavorful, browned crust and an easily gauged doneness.

To bake in hot air, not in a flame, without water or cover.

To cook uncovered in the oven.

to cook by dry heat, usually in an oven.

to cook by dry heat, usually in an oven.

To cook uncovered in the oven.

A cut of meat (beef or otherwise) that is 2 inches (5.08 CM) or more in thickness is usually called a Roast. An exception is the small end of a Rib Roast which is still known as a Roast even though at [..]

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