rare-roasted

4.6

Meat cooked so the middle stays red and warm

adjective
/ˈrɛr ˈroʊstɪd/

: poco hecho

She prefers her lamb rare-roasted, with a warm red center.

Examples

The chef recommended the rare-roasted beef for a more flavorful and tender experience.
I prefer my steak rare-roasted for the best flavor.
Many steak lovers argue that rare-roasted meat retains more of its natural juices.
The chef recommended a rare-roasted lamb dish.
Many steak lovers argue that rare-roasted meat retains more of its natural juices.
She prefers her lamb rare-roasted, with a warm red center.
The chef recommended the rare-roasted beef for a more flavorful and tender experience.

Synonyms

rare

vsrare-roasted

54 3.3

Meat cooked for a short time so it stays red and soft inside

is specific to roasting rather than any cooking method

Antonyms

well-done

12 1.6

Cooked all the way through with no pink inside

How Cooked

burned

1.0

well-done

12 1.6

medium

68 3.0

rare-roasted

4.6

raw

353 1.0

Surface Forms

rare-roasted positive

Morphology

rare-roasted = rare + roasted (transparent) = rare + roast + ed

The meaning is a straightforward combination of 'rare' + 'roasted' (roast + -ed), so a learner who knows these parts can derive the sense.

Etymology

Rare-roasted joins rare, a word for meat that is 'lightly cooked' and still red inside, with roasted, which means 'cooked by dry heat or over a fire'. So, rare-roasted describes meat that is browned outside but kept 'rare' and red in the middle.