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roaster
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun roaster has 4 senses
- roaster(n = noun.person) Array - a harsh or humorous critic (sometimes intended as a facetious compliment); "the honoree gave his roasters as good as he got" is a kind of critic
- roaster(n = noun.person) Array - a cook who roasts food; Array has particulars: baster
- roaster(n = noun.food) Array - flesh of a large young chicken over 3 1/2 lb suitable for roasting; Array is a kind of chicken, poulet, volaille
- roaster(n = noun.artifact) Array - a special cooking pan for roasting; Array is a kind of cooking pan, pan
is a kind of cook
Derived form verb roast1
has particulars: oven stuffer, oven stuffer roaster
Derived form verb roast1
CIDE DICTIONARY
roaster, n.
- One who roasts meat. [1913 Webster]
- A contrivance for roasting. [1913 Webster]
- A pig, or other article of food fit for roasting. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
roaster, n.
1 a person or thing that roasts.
2 a an oven or dish for roasting food in. b an ore-roasting furnace. c a coffee-roasting apparatus.
3 something fit for roasting, e.g. a fowl, a potato, etc.
1 a person or thing that roasts.
2 a an oven or dish for roasting food in. b an ore-roasting furnace. c a coffee-roasting apparatus.
3 something fit for roasting, e.g. a fowl, a potato, etc.
THESAURUS
roaster
Bantam, Cornish hen, banterer, banty, barn-door fowl, barnyard fowl, biddy, broiler, brooder, broody hen, caille, canard, caneton, capon, chaffer, chanticleer, chapon, chick, chickabiddy, chicken, chicky, cock, cockerel, dindon, domestic fowl, drake, duck, duckling, dunghill fowl, faisan, fowl, fryer, game fowl, gander, gobbler, goose, gosling, grouse, guinea cock, guinea fowl, guinea hen, hen, hen turkey, hot day, jollyer, josher, kidder, oie, partlet, partridge, persifleur, pheasant, pigeon, pigeonneau, poulard, poulet, poult, poultry, pullet, quail, ragger, ribber, rooster, scorcher, setting hen, sizzler, spring chicken, squab, stewing chicken, summer day, tom, tom turkey, turkey, turkey gobbler, turkey-cock, twitter, volaille, wild duck
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