Broil vs. Roast
Difference Between Broil and Roast
Broilverb
To cook by direct, radiant heat. (British: grill)
Roastverb
To cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance.
to roast meat on a spitBroilverb
To expose to great heat.
Roastverb
To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.
to roast a potato in ashesBroilverb
To be exposed to great heat.
Roastverb
To process by drying through exposure to sun or artificial heat
Coffee beans need roasting before use.to roast chestnuts or peanutsBroilverb
(transitive) to cause a rowdy disturbance; embroil
Roastverb
To heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn.
Broilverb
(intransitive) (obsolete) to brawl
Roastverb
To admonish someone vigorously
I’m late home for the fourth time this week; my mate will really roast me this time.Broilnoun
Food prepared by broiling.
Roastverb
To subject to bantering, severely criticize, sometimes as a comedy routine.
The class clown enjoys being roasted by mates as well as staff.Broilnoun
(archaic) A brawl; a rowdy disturbance.
Roastverb
(metalworking) To dissipate by heat the volatile parts of, as ores.
Broilnoun
cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill)
Roastnoun
A cut of meat suited to roasting
Broilverb
cook under a broiler;
broil fishRoastnoun
A meal consisting of roast foods.
Broilverb
heat by a natural force;
The sun broils the valley in the summerRoastnoun
The degree to which something, especially coffee, is roasted.
Dark roast means that the coffee bean has been roasted to a higher temperature and for a longer period of time than in light roast.Roastnoun
A comical event, originally fraternal, where a person is subjected to verbal attack, yet may be praised by sarcasm and jokes.
Roastadjective
Having been cooked by roasting.
Roastadjective
(figuratively) Subjected to roasting, bantered, severely criticized.
Roastnoun
a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion
Roastnoun
negative criticism
Roastverb
cook with dry heat, usually in an oven;
roast the turkeyRoastverb
subject to laughter or ridicule;
The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera houseThe students poked fun at the inexperienced teacherHis former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthdayRoastadjective
(of meat) cooked by dry heat in an oven
