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Definition of roast noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

roast

noun
 
/rəʊst/
 
/rəʊst/
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  1. (British English also joint)
     a large piece of meat that is cooked whole in the oven
    • the Sunday roast
    see also nut roast, pot roast, Sunday roastTopics Foodb2, Cooking and eatingb2
  2. (North American English) (often in compounds) a party that takes place in somebody’s garden at which food is cooked over an open fire
    • a hot dog roast
    Topics Cooking and eatingc2
  3. (North American English) an event, especially a meal, at which people celebrate somebody’s life by telling funny stories about them
    4. Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French rostir, of West Germanic origin.
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