/roh"steuhr/ , n.
1. a contrivance for roasting something, as an oven, a pan for roasting meat, or a machine for roasting coffee beans.
2. a pig, chicken, or other animal or article of a size convenient and grade suitable for roasting.
3. a person or thing that roasts.
4. a guest speaker at a roast.
[ 1400-50; late ME; see ROAST, -ER 1 ]