Word Study
roaster
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 duckFor further exploring for "roaster" in Webster Dictionary Online