What is the meaning of roasting?

noun

  • Cooking (meat) by dry heat in an oven (usually with fat added. )
    • usage: "the slow roasting took several hours"

verb

  • Cook with dry heat, usually in an oven.
    • usage: "roast the turkey"
  • Subject to laughter or ridicule.
    • usage: "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday"
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