Roast: n. 1. A piece of meat — such as a Rib Roast— that’s large enough to
serve more than one person. Such a meat cut is usually cooked by the roasting
method. 2. Food, usually meat, that has been prepared by roasting. Roast
v. To oven-cook food in an uncovered pan, a method that usually produces a
well-browned exterior and ideally a moist interior. Roasting requires reasonably
tender pieces of meat or poultry. Tougher pieces of meat need moist cooking
methods such as braising.