noun

1. A cut of meat suited to roasting

2. A meal consisting of roast foods.

3. The degree to which something, especially coffee, is roasted.

   “Dark roast means that the coffee bean has been roasted to a higher temperature and for a longer period of time than in light roast.”

verb

1. To cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance.

   “to roast meat on a spit”

2. To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.

   “to roast a potato in ashes”

3. To process by drying through exposure to sun or artificial heat

   “Coffee beans need roasting before use.”

adjective

1. Having been cooked by roasting.

2. Subjected to roasting, bantered, severely criticized.

Synonyms: roasted