Toast vs. Roast
Difference Between Toast and Roast
Toastnoun
(uncountable) Toasted bread.
I ate a piece of toast for breakfast.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 spitToastnoun
(countable) A proposed salutation (e.g. to say "cheers") while drinking alcohol.
At the reception, there were many toasts from the well-wishers.Roastverb
To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.
to roast a potato in ashesToastnoun
(countable) A person, group, or notable object to which a salutation with alcohol is made; a person or group held in similar esteem.
He was the toast of high society.Roastverb
To process by drying through exposure to sun or artificial heat
Coffee beans need roasting before use.to roast chestnuts or peanutsToastnoun
Something that will be no more; something subject to impending destruction, harm or injury.
If I ever get my hands on the guy that stole my wallet, he’s toast!Roastverb
To heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn.
Toastnoun
Extemporaneous narrative poem or rap.
Roastverb
To admonish someone vigorously
I’m late home for the fourth time this week; my mate will really roast me this time.Toastnoun
A transient, informational pop-up window.
Roastverb
To subject to bantering, severely criticize, sometimes as a comedy routine.
The class clown enjoys being roasted by mates as well as staff.Toastverb
To lightly cook by browning via direct exposure to a fire or other heat source.
We liked to toast marshmallows around the campfire.Roastverb
(metalworking) To dissipate by heat the volatile parts of, as ores.
Toastverb
To grill, lightly cook by browning specifically under a grill or in a toaster
Top with cheese and toast under the grill for a few minutes.Roastnoun
A cut of meat suited to roasting
Toastverb
To engage in a salutation and/or accompanying raising of glasses while drinking alcohol in honor of someone or something.
We toasted the happy couple many times over the course of the evening.Roastnoun
A meal consisting of roast foods.
Toastverb
To warm thoroughly.
I toasted my feet by the fire.Roastnoun
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.Toastverb
To perform extemporaneous narrative poem or rap.
Roastnoun
A comical event, originally fraternal, where a person is subjected to verbal attack, yet may be praised by sarcasm and jokes.
Toastnoun
slices of bread that have been toasted
Roastadjective
Having been cooked by roasting.
Toastnoun
a celebrity who receives much accalim and attention;
he was the toast of the townRoastadjective
(figuratively) Subjected to roasting, bantered, severely criticized.
Toastnoun
a person in desperate straits; someone doomed;
I'm a goner if this plan doesn't workone mistake and you're toastRoastnoun
a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion
Toastnoun
a drink in honor of or to the health of a person or event
Roastnoun
negative criticism
Toastverb
make brown and crisp by heating;
toast breadcrisp potatoesRoastverb
cook with dry heat, usually in an oven;
roast the turkeyToastverb
propose a toast to;
Let us toast the birthday girl!Let's drink to the New YearRoastverb
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
