rump roast
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3.6
- noun
- /rʌmp roʊst/
- US
:
asado de cadera
- Btw, I've made your crockpot mushroom gravy rump roast several times.
- bottom round rump roast
- pounds of rump roast
Examples
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My family enjoys a tender rump roast cooked slowly in the oven.
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One day, my wife asked me for $20 to buy a rump roast from the butcher.
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I told her, "$20 for a rump roast?"
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The very next day, she was smiling as she sold a rump roast to an old widow.
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When his mother was basting the rump roast, he drank a shot of whiskey and played "The Orange Blossom Special."
Fiction book (1990) -
For dinner, I prepared a delicious rump roast with vegetables and herbs.
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The chef recommended the rump roast as the best cut for roasting.
Synonyms
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1.0
A large piece of meat cooked for slicing and serving
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Sliced beef cooked in an oven and served as a main dish
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1.3
A large piece of beef cooked in an oven and served as a main dish
How Tender
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun is transparently compositional: 'rump' denotes the hindquarters of an animal and 'roast' denotes a cut of meat cooked by roasting, so 'rump roast' straightforwardly describes a roasted cut from the rump. This follows ordinary noun+noun naming patterns for meat cuts (common across languages), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would be able to infer the meaning.
Etymology
Rump roast comes from the butcher's name for a piece of meat. Rump is the animal's 'back part' near the hind legs and roast means meat cooked over heat, so the phrase pictures meat from the back that is roasted, which is why it means 'a cut of beef or veal often cooked by roasting'.