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rare

rare

54 3.3
Meat cooked for a short time so it stays red and soft inside
  • adjective
  • /rɛr/
translation icon : poco hecho
  • >> I'LL HAVE THE STEAK, RARE.
  • medium rare
  • a rare steak
  • rare meat

Hang on eggs, oysters, and a rare steak in one day.

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Examples

  • I'll have a steak, very rare.

  • See, I bit it and you could tell that is medium rare and is not well done.

  • Have yourself a rare steak for once.

  • You like your steak rare?

  • On the plate in front of him, Jay had a piece of extremely rare steak.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • Cobb salad, followed by rare roast in wine sauce, served with baked potatoes stuffed with sour cream and chives.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • I prefer my steak cooked rare, as it is tender and juicy.

  • The restaurant is known for its delicious rare steak that melts in your mouth.

  • Would you like your steak rare or well done?

Synonyms

rare-roasted
vsrare
4.6

Meat cooked so the middle stays red and warm

is meat cooked briefly by any method leaving the inside red and soft

Antonyms

12 1.6

Cooked all the way through with no pink inside

Idioms

in rare form
  • Informal
4 7.6

Doing something much better than usual with extra energy

Compounds

rare earth
  • Specialized
11 6.6

A group of metals used in electronics and industry

2 5.8

A coin that is not common and worth a lot to collectors

2 6.4

An animal from a species with very few living members and at risk of dying out

rare-earth element
  • Specialized
1 6.3

A metal like neodymium used in electronics and strong magnets

rare bird
  • Informal
1 7.7

A person who is not like most people in behavior or ideas

Meat cooked so the middle stays red and warm

How Cooked

burned
1.0
well-done
12 1.6
medium
68 3.0
rare
54 3.3
raw
353 1.0

Surface Forms

rare positive
rarer comparative
rarest superlative

Etymology

Rare moved into cooking from the same Latin rarus, meaning 'seldom' or 'only a little'. A helpful way to remember is that 'rare' meat has been cooked only a short time, so it stays red and soft inside.