Meaning of roast beef | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Beef cooked by roasting.
   countable, uncountable
2. A cut of beef that has been roasted.
   countable, uncountable
3. A cut of beef intended for roasting.
   countable, uncountable
4. A portion of roasted beef.
   countable, uncountable

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Examples

“I tell the waiter, 'We'll have two roast beefs, one well-done, the other medium rare.'”

“But the cars & trucks held cartons of roast chickens, slabs of cheeses, loaves of bread, racks of hotdogs, case upon case of soft drinks, cases of bottled sparkling water, pies, cakes, roast beefs & baked hams.”

“No delicate little tidbits at these parties; there are buckets of shrimps and oysters, roast beefs and hams and tables of sweets with smiling corporate heads and their lobbyists to greet the guests.”

“Two or three times a week I had to deliver fifteen- or twenty-pound roast beefs to delis around the Bronx so that they could cook them and slice them up for sandwiches.”

“We had a freezer up until maybe two years ago. We used to pack a lot of roast beefs.”

“Because there, in the middle of the table, among the roast beefs on rolls,[…]”

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