Roast - Definition

adj 1: (meat) cooked by dry heat in an oven [syn: roast,
roasted]
n 1: a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for
slicing into more than one portion [syn: roast, joint]
2: negative criticism [syn: knock, roast]
v 1: cook with dry heat, usually in an oven; "roast the turkey"
2: 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" [syn: ridicule, roast,
guy, blackguard, laugh at, jest at, rib, make
fun, poke fun]