Cooking (meat) by dry heat in an oven (usually with fat added) "the slow roasting took several hours"
Verb: roastrowst
Cook with dry heat, usually in an oven "roast the turkey"
Subject to laughter or ridicule "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday" - ridicule, guy, blackguard, laugh at, jest at, rib, make fun, poke fun
Derived forms: roastings
See also: roaster
Type of: bemock, cook, cookery, cooking, mock, preparation