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Added 9 October 2026

roast

/ɹoʊst/ noun

In Latin: assō Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about roast at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion.
Negative criticism.

verb

Cook with dry heat, usually in an oven.
roast the turkey
Subject to laughter or ridicule.
The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house

adjective

(meat) cooked by dry heat in an oven.

Origin

From Middle English rosten, a borrowing from Old French rostir (“to roast, to torture with fire”), from Frankish *rōstijan (“to roast, broil”), from Proto-Germanic *raustijaną (“to roast”), from Proto-Indo-European *Hrews- (“to crackle; roast”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian rosterje (“to roast”), Dutch roosten, roosteren (“to roast”), German rösten (“to roast”). Displaced native Middle English breden, bræden (“to roast”), from Old English brǣdan, related to German braten (“to roast, grill”). The noun is from Middle English roste, from Old French rost, roste, from the verb.

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