rotisserie
Definition
Noun: 1. A restaurant specializing in roasted and barbecued meats: A commercial establishment where the primary food offering is meat cooked on a rotating spit or over a barbecue. 2. A cooking appliance with a rotating spit: An oven, broiler, or grill equipped with a motorized rotating rod (spit) on which food, especially meat, is skewered and cooked evenly as it turns.
Usage Examples
- Noun (Restaurant):
- We went to the new rotisserie for lunch and had the most delicious chicken.
- This rotisserie is famous for its slow-roasted pork.
- Noun (Appliance):
- I use my kitchen rotisserie to cook a perfect roast every Sunday.
- The chicken cooks evenly on the rotisserie because it constantly rotates.
Advanced Usage
- As a modifier: The word "rotisserie" is often used attributively (like an adjective) to describe items related to this style of cooking.
- rotisserie chicken (a chicken cooked on a rotisserie)
- rotisserie-style (cooked in a manner that mimics a rotisserie)
Variants and Related Words
- Rotisserie cooking (n.): The method or style of cooking food on a rotating spit.
- Spit (n.): The rotating rod in a rotisserie appliance on which the food is skewered.
Synonyms
- (For the restaurant): Grill house, barbecue restaurant.
- (For the appliance): Rotary oven, turning spit roaster.
Related Phrases
- Rotisserie league: In fantasy sports, a common type of league where teams are ranked based on cumulative statistics across multiple categories, analogous to meat turning on a spit. (This is a specialized, metaphorical use).
- I'm in first place in my fantasy baseball rotisserie league.
Noun
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a restaurant that specializes in roasted and barbecued meats
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an oven or broiler equipped with a rotating spit on which meat cooks as it turns
