Cook like a turkey
• 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. • To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.; as, to roast a potato in ashes. • To dry and parch by exposure to heat; as, to roast coffee; to roast chestnuts, or peanuts.