Bake vs. Roast

Bakeverb

(with person as subject) To cook (something) in an oven.

Bakeverb

(intransitive) (with baked thing as subject) To be cooked in an oven.

Bakeverb

(intransitive) To be warmed to drying and hardening.

Bakeverb

(transitive) To dry by heat.

Bakeverb

To be hot.

Bakeverb

To smoke marijuana.

Bakeverb

To harden by cold.

Bakeverb

To fix (lighting, reflections, etc.) as part of the texture of an object to improve rendering performance.

Bakenoun

The act of cooking food by baking.

Bakenoun

Any of various baked dishes resembling casserole.

Bakenoun

(US) A social event at which food (such as seafood) is baked, or at which baked food is served.

Bakenoun

A small, flat (or ball-shaped) cake of dough eaten in Barbados and sometimes elsewhere, similar in appearance and ingredients to a pancake but fried (or in some places sometimes roasted).

Bakenoun

Any item that is baked.

Bakeverb

To prepare, as food, by cooking in a dry heat, either in an oven or under coals, or on heated stone or metal; as, to bake bread, meat, apples.

Bakeverb

To dry or harden (anything) by subjecting to heat, as, to bake bricks; the sun bakes the ground.

Bakeverb

To harden by cold.

Bakeverb

To do the work of baking something; as, she brews, washes, and bakes.

Bakeverb

To be baked; to become dry and hard in heat; as, the bread bakes; the ground bakes in the hot sun.

Bakenoun

The process, or result, of baking.

Bakeverb

cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven;

Bakeverb

prepare with dry heat in an oven;

Bakeverb

heat by a natural force;

Bakeverb

cook (food) by dry heat without direct exposure to a flame, typically in an oven

Bakeverb

(of food) be cooked by baking

Bakeverb

(of the sun or other agency) subject (something) to dry heat, especially so as to harden it

Bakeverb

be or become extremely hot in prolonged sun or hot weather

Bakenoun

a dish consisting of a mixture of ingredients cooked in an oven

Bakenoun

a social gathering at which baked food of a specified kind is eaten

Bakenoun

a person's mouth

Bakenoun

a person's face

Roastverb

To cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance.

Roastverb

To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.

Roastverb

To process by drying through exposure to sun or artificial heat

Roastverb

To heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn.

Roastverb

To admonish someone vigorously

Roastverb

To subject to bantering, severely criticize, sometimes as a comedy routine.

Roastverb

(metalworking) To dissipate by heat the volatile parts of, as ores.

Roastnoun

A cut of meat suited to roasting

Roastnoun

A meal consisting of roast foods.

Roastnoun

The degree to which something, especially coffee, is roasted.

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.

Roastverb

To cook by exposure to radiant heat before a fire; as, to roast meat on a spit, or in an oven open toward the fire and having reflecting surfaces within; also, to cook in a close oven.

Roastverb

To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.; as, to roast a potato in ashes.

Roastverb

To dry and parch by exposure to heat; as, to roast coffee; to roast chestnuts, or peanuts.

Roastverb

Hence, to heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn.

Roastverb

To dissipate by heat the volatile parts of, as ores.

Roastverb

To banter severely.

Roastverb

To cook meat, fish, etc., by heat, as before the fire or in an oven.

Roastverb

To undergo the process of being roasted.

Roastnoun

That which is roasted; a piece of meat which has been roasted, or is suitable for being roasted.

Roastadjective

Roasted; as, roast beef.

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;

Roastverb

subject to laughter or ridicule;

Roastadjective

(of meat) cooked by dry heat in an oven

Roastverb

cook (food, especially meat) by prolonged exposure to heat in an oven or over a fire

Roastverb

(of food) be cooked by roasting

Roastverb

process (a foodstuff, metal ore, etc.) by subjecting it to intense heat

Roastverb

make or become very warm, especially through exposure to the heat of the sun or a fire

Roastverb

criticize or reprimand severely

Roastverb

subject to good-natured ridicule

Roastadjective

(of food) having been roasted

Roastnoun

a joint of meat that has been roasted or that is intended for roasting

Roastnoun

the process of roasting something, especially coffee, or the result of this

Roastnoun

a particular type of roasted coffee

Roastnoun

an outdoor party at which meat of a particular type is roasted

Roastnoun

a banquet at which the guest of honour is subjected to good-natured ridicule.