wiener roast
- noun
- /ˈwiːnər roʊst/
- Informal
:
asado de salchichas
- This summer, we are planning a family wiener roast at the park, complete with games and music.
Examples
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She didn't even seem to notice that they wanted to go to the wiener roast so badly.
Fiction book (1993) -
But they had wanted to go to the wiener roast so badly.
Fiction book (1993) -
But they knew better than to even raise the question of the wiener roast with Mudear.
Fiction book (1993) -
All three of them had been invited to a wiener roast in the backyard of one of Betty's schoolmates.
Fiction book (1993) -
With Betty doing Mudear's hair, the two younger girls couldn't go across town on the bus without their big sister, so their plans for the wiener roast were off.
Fiction book (1993) -
Every autumn, the school organizes a wiener roast where children roast hot dogs over a fire.
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They celebrated the end of the school year with a fun wiener roast in their backyard.
Synonyms
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1.0
A meal people eat outdoors for pleasure
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1.2
An outdoor meal where people cook food on a grill and eat together
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1.9
An outdoor meal where people make and eat food, often on a grill
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1.0
A meal where people cook food outdoors on a grill and eat together
2
1.0
A fun outdoor meal where people cook and eat together
2
7.2
An informal outdoor gathering where people cook hot dogs over an open fire
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from 'wiener' (a type of sausage/hot dog) combined with 'roast' (cooking over open fire), yielding an event where wieners are roasted and eaten. This compositional pattern (e.g., pig roast, lamb roast) is common and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
The noun wiener roast comes from the picture of people cooking wieners on sticks over an open fire and roast meaning to cook them that way. So a wiener roast is a casual 'outdoor party' where hot dogs are cooked and shared.