When meat roasts, it cooks for a long time in an oven or outside over hot coals.
Many Americans roast a turkey for Thanksgiving.
Do you like pot roast? (This is beef that is cooked slowly over several hours.)
Have you ever attended a pig roast? (A whole pig is cooked outside over a pit filled with charcoal. This is popular during large parties held in the summer.)
Many grocery stores sell whole roasted chickens that you can take home and serve immediately to your family.
A roasting pan that has a cover is very useful when roasting food.
roasting pan
The word "roast" is also used to describe hot weather:
It’s so hot outside it feels like I’m roasting.
Three girls roasting on the beach all afternoon were badly sunburned.
It’s roasting out here!
A roast can also be a fun celebration of a person’s life or career, or it might be sharp criticism:
Dan was roasted by his boss for failing to fill out his time sheet properly.
A comedy roast on TV honored the lifetime achievements of a famous actor.
roasting pan