roast

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for roast

roast 🔊 /ɹowˈst/

roast : බදින ලද මස්

roast : කර කනවා

roast : කර කරනවා

roast : බදිනවා

roast : බැණවදිනවා

roast : රොස් කරනවා

roast : මලවනවා

roast : පුලුස්සනවා

roast definition

Transitive verb.

  1. 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.
  2. To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.; as, to roast a potato in ashes.
  3. To dry and parch by exposure to heat; as, to roast coffee; to roast chestnuts, or peanuts.
  4. Hence, to heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn.
  5. To dissipate by heat the volatile parts of, as ores.
  6. To banter severely.

Intransitive verb.

  1. To cook meat, fish, etc., by heat, as before the fire or in an oven.
  2. To undergo the process of being roasted.

Noun. That which is roasted; a piece of meat which has been roasted, or is suitable for being roasted.

Adjective. Roasted; as, roast beef.