rib roast

noun

1. a cut of beef taken from the small end of the ribs and containing a large rib eye and two or more ribs.

Word History and Origins

Origin of rib roast¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

Prime rib roasts are practically built for holiday celebrations.

From Washington Post

This way, wings or drumsticks or a thinner part of a rib roast will have time to develop color before the thicker part — closer to the heat — has scorched.

From Eater

Or that food thermometers can end up contaminating your rib roast?

From The Daily Beast

Y'all, what I just love about a rib roast is you can make the menu as formal or as informal as you like.

From The Daily Beast

To carve a rib roast properly, cut it parallel with the ribs and separate the pieces from the backbone.

From Project Gutenberg

It is not generally known, however, that the second cut of the rib-roast from the fore quarter is the finest roast from the beef.

From Project Gutenberg

Have a rib roast of beef cut standing—that is, with the bones left in.

From Project Gutenberg

For a supper dish, the rolled rib roast can be made very attractive by garnishing it with aspic jelly cut into fancy forms.

From Project Gutenberg

The English way of baking beef is to allow nine minutes to the pound for a rib-roast and eight minutes for a sirloin.

From Project Gutenberg