Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Beef cooked by roasting.

    Roastbeef, Rinderbraten, Rindsbraten

    ро́стбифróstbif

    cut of beef suitable for roasting

  2. (countable, uncountable)A cut of beef that has been roasted.

  3. (countable, uncountable)A cut of beef intended for roasting.

  4. (countable, uncountable)A portion of roasted beef.

Examples

15 sentences
  1. How about some more roast beef?

    ruКак насчёт добавки ростбифа? — Hellerick

  2. Horseradish tastes good on roast beef sandwiches.

  3. We all pigged out at the company Christmas party, especially on the roast beef.

    deBei der Firmenweihnachtsfeier schlugen wir uns alle die Bäuche voll, besonders mit dem Roastbeef. — samueldora

  4. Tom ate a roast beef sandwich.

  5. Would you like some more roast beef?

Translations

8 languages
Русский
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Beef cooked by roasting:
Deutsch
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Beef cooked by roasting:

Origin

From roast + beef. Doublet of rosbif, a reborrowing.

From roast + beef. Doublet of rosbif, a reborrowing.

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Forms

plural: roast beefs

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • cut of beef suitable for roasting:beef roast

Word family

1 related words

See also

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