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ROASTER (roaster)

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Irregular inflected form: roaster  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does roaster mean? 

ROASTER (noun)
  The noun ROASTER has 4 senses:

1. a harsh or humorous critic (sometimes intended as a facetious compliment)play

2. a cook who roasts foodplay

3. flesh of a large young chicken over 3 1/2 lb suitable for roastingplay

4. a special cooking pan for roastingplay

  Familiarity information: ROASTER used as a noun is uncommon.


 Dictionary entry details 


ROASTER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A harsh or humorous critic (sometimes intended as a facetious compliment)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Context example:

the honoree gave his roasters as good as he got

Hypernyms ("roaster" is a kind of...):

critic (someone who frequently finds fault or makes harsh and unfair judgments)

Domain usage:

humor; humour; wit; witticism; wittiness (a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter)


Sense 2

Meaning:

A cook who roasts food

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("roaster" is a kind of...):

cook (someone who cooks food)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "roaster"):

baster (a cook who bastes roasting meat with melted fat or gravy)

Derivation:

roast (cook with dry heat, usually in an oven)


Sense 3

Meaning:

Flesh of a large young chicken over 3 1/2 lb suitable for roasting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("roaster" is a kind of...):

chicken; poulet; volaille (the flesh of a chicken used for food)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "roaster"):

Oven Stuffer; Oven Stuffer Roaster (a brand name for a roasting chicken)


Sense 4

Meaning:

A special cooking pan for roasting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("roaster" is a kind of...):

cooking pan; pan (cooking utensil consisting of a wide metal vessel)

Derivation:

roast (cook with dry heat, usually in an oven)


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