bottom round
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5.8
- noun
- /ˈbɑːtəm raʊnd/
- US
:
parte trasera de la carne
- My grandmother always made her famous stew with a tender bottom round from the butcher.
- bottom round roast
- pound bottom round
Examples
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Bottom round... just the way you like it.
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For a delicious pot roast, use a 3-pound bottom round cut of beef.
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The recipe calls for a 2-pound bottom round to ensure it's juicy and flavorful.
Synonyms
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6.1
A cut of beef from the back leg used for roasting or stews
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1.3
A large piece of beef cooked in an oven and served as a main dish
How Tender
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7.7
8
2.9
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2.1
- Specialized
- US
1
5.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward compositional noun phrase: 'bottom' specifies the lower portion of the 'round' cut, so a learner who knows 'bottom' and 'round' (as a meat cut) can infer it refers to the lower part of the round used for roast. This is literal, non-idiomatic compounding following normal adjective + noun semantics, so the meaning is directly derivable from its parts.
Etymology
The compound noun bottom round comes from the butcher's work: round names the big muscle on a cow's hind leg and bottom points to the lower part of that muscle. So the name tells you it is the lower rear cut of beef, a piece often cooked slowly as a 'pot roast' to make it tender.