pork roast
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1.6
- noun
- /pɔrk roʊst/
:
asado de cerdo
- The pork roast was so tender that it fell apart with just a fork.
- pork roast with mashed potatoes
- pork roast with gravy
- rub over the pork roast
Examples
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To make the best pork roast, start by marinating the meat overnight.
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Got us a pork roast, fried 'taters, apple sauce.
Fiction book (1999) -
I got a pork roast for dinner.
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Would it kill you to shell out for a pork roast or prime rib?
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Dauphine's got a pork roast in the oven.
Fiction book (1990) -
All afternoon, the store is busy, people buying pork roasts and whole chickens for tomorrow's big Sunday dinner.
Fiction book (1991) -
Artie decided to make pork roast, mashed potatoes, biscuits, gravy, coleslaw, corn pudding, and for dessert, apple cake: a harvest feast, all made from scratch.
Fiction book (1999) -
I'd baked a pork roast with cumin, thyme, and black pepper, soaked red, white, and black beans, and then thrown them in, adding potatoes, red and yellow bell peppers, and a turnip for flavor.
Fiction book (1994) -
For dinner, I prepared a succulent pork roast that was perfectly seasoned.
Synonyms
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1.0
A large piece of meat cooked for slicing and serving
7
2.5
Meat from the pig's back often roasted or grilled
1
2.5
A piece of meat from a pig sold for cooking, like loin or shoulder
How Large
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1.0
2
1.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a cut of pork suitable for roasting' is directly derivable from combining 'pork' (meat from a pig) with 'roast' (meat prepared by roasting). This simple noun–noun composition is a common, compositional food-naming pattern found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
Pork roast is named from the simple idea of pork (pig meat) cooked by roast (slow heat over a fire). People used to cook whole pigs on a spit for big meals, so today pork roast means a cut of pork 'suitable for roasting'.