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roasted turkey

roasted turkey

1 1.0
Turkey meat cooked in an oven and served as a main dish
  • noun
  • /ˈroʊstɪd ˈtɜrki/
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  • "There's a roasted turkey breast here, with some candied yams and cranberry sauce.
  • roasted turkey breast
  • oven-roasted turkey
  • roasted turkey sandwich

Does this product carry an increased risk compared to fresh roasted Turkey breast since it can be classified as processed meat?

Examples

  • It's roasted turkey and Havarti on 12-grain.

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  • We made roasted turkey in 90-degree weather.

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  • Are you going the traditional route with a roasted turkey and all the usual trimmings, or are you looking for something a little different?

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  • My local supermarket has a big deli area, and I’d bet they will be selling roasted turkey and trimmings from their "hot" case in the next couple of days.

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  • Although you're too hip to confine yourself to hidebound holiday tradition, chances are that a roasted turkey will grace your Thanksgiving table, making it the main item you'll be looking to pair with wine.

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  • For Thanksgiving dinner, we are serving a beautifully roasted turkey garnished with herbs and vegetables.

  • My family always enjoys a traditional feast with a large roasted turkey as the centerpiece.

  • She prepared a roasted turkey with a savory stuffing and delicious gravy for the holiday meal.

Synonyms

turkey
vsroasted turkey
231 1.0

The meat of a large farm bird often roasted and eaten

is the meat of that bird cooked by roasting and served as main dish
roast
vsroasted turkey
197 1.0

A large piece of meat cooked for slicing and serving

is the meat of a specific bird prepared by roasting for a main course

How Cooked

well-done
12 1.6
roasted turkey
1 1.0
underdone
2 3.8
raw meat
14 1.0

Surface Forms

roasted turkey singular
roasted turkeys plural

Morphology

roasted + turkey

The meaning 'turkey meat cooked by roasting' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'roasted' (cooked by dry heat) with 'turkey' (the bird or its flesh). This adjective+noun cooking phrase follows a common compositional pattern found across many languages and would be immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.

Etymology

Roasted turkey comes from the simple picture of a whole turkey cooked by roasting, slowly over heat until the skin is brown. That image explains why the phrase means the cooked bird usually served as the 'main dish' at big meals and holidays.