Roast(v. t.)
- 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.
Roast(v. t.)
- To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.; as, to roast a potato in ashes.
Roast(v. t.)
- To dry and parch by exposure to heat; as, to roast coffee; to roast chestnuts, or peanuts.
Roast(v. t.)
- Hence, to heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn.
Roast(v. t.)
- To dissipate by heat the volatile parts of, as ores.