Roast
Bible Usage:
- First Reference: Exodus 12:8
- Last Reference: Isaiah 44:16
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
ROAST, verb transitive [If the verb is from the noun, the sense is to dress or cook on a gridiron or grate, and rist, rost, coincide in elements with Latin rastellum, a rake. If the verb is the root, the sense probably is to contract or crisp, or to throw or agitate, hence to make rough.]
1. To cook, dress or prepare meat for the table by exposing it to heat, as on a spit. In a bake-pan, in an oven or the like. We now say, to roast meat on a spit, in a pan, or in a tin oven, etc.; to bake meat in an oven; to broil meat on a gridiron.
2. To prepare for food by exposure to heat; as, to roast apples or potatoes; to roast eggs.
3. To heat to excess; to heat violently.
ROASTed in wrath and fire.
4. To dry and parch by exposure to heat; as, to roast coffee.
5. In metallurgy, to dissipate the volatile parts of ore by heat.
6. In common discourse, to jeer; to banter severely.
ROAST, noun That which is roasted.
ROAST, adjective [for roasted.] Roasted; as roast beef.
ROAST, noun In the phrase, to rule the roast this word is a corrupt pronunciation.
ROASTED, participle passive Dressed by exposure to heat on a spit.
ROASTER, noun
1. One that roasts meat; also, a gridiron.
2. A pig for roasting.
ROASTING, participle present tense
1. Preparing for the table by exposure to heat on a spit; drying and parching.
2. Bantering with severity.
ROASTING, noun A severe teasing or bantering.
Bible Usage:
- First Reference: Exodus 12:8
- Last Reference: Isaiah 44:16
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance: