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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. cooking (meat) by dry heat in an oven (usually with fat added);
- Example: "the slow roasting took several hours"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Roast \Roast\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Roasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Roasting.] [OE. rosten, OF. rostir, F. r[^o]tir; of German origin; cf. OHG. r[=o]sten, G. r["o]sten, fr. OHG. r[=o]st, r[=o]sta, gridiron, G. rost; cf. AS. hyrstan to roast.] 1. To cook by exposure to radiant heat before a fire; as, to roast meat on a spit, or in an oven open toward the fire and having reflecting surfaces within; also, to cook in a close oven. [1913 Webster] 2. To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.; as, to roast a potato in ashes. [1913 Webster] In eggs boiled and roasted there is scarce difference to be discerned. --BAcon. [1913 Webster] 3. To dry and parch by exposure to heat; as, to roast coffee; to roast chestnuts, or peanuts. [1913 Webster] 4. Hence, to heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn. "Roasted in wrath and fire." --Shak. [1913 Webster] 5. (Metal.) To dissipate by heat the volatile parts of, as ores. [1913 Webster] 6. To banter severely. [Colloq.] --Atterbury. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Roasting \Roast"ing\, a. & n., from Roast, v. [1913 Webster] Roasting ear, an ear of Indian corn at that stage of development when it is fit to be eaten roasted. Roasting jack, a machine for turning a spit on which meat is roasted. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

roasting n 1: cooking (meat) by dry heat in an oven (usually with fat added); "the slow roasting took several hours"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

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