roasts
/ɹəʊsts//ɹoʊsts/noun
Definitions
A cut of meat suited to roasting
A meal consisting of roast foods.
The degree to which something, especially coffee, is roasted.
Example: Dark roast means that the coffee bean has been roasted to a higher temperature and for a longer period of time than in light roast.
A comical event, originally fraternal, where a person is subjected to verbal attack, yet may be praised by sarcasm and jokes.
verb
Definitions
To cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance.
Example: to roast meat on a spit
To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.
Example: to roast a potato in ashes
To process by drying through exposure to sun or artificial heat
Example: Coffee beans need roasting before use.
To heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn.