pot roast

American  

noun

1. a dish of meat, usually brisket of beef or chuck roast, stewed in one piece in a covered pot and served in its own gravy.

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pot roast British  

noun

1. meat, esp beef, that is browned and cooked slowly in a covered pot with very little water, often with vegetables added

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Etymology

Origin of pot roast

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85

Example Sentences

Kimberly serves Fernandez a plate of pot roast, lays out his evening pills and keeps him company while he eats.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2024

We had a big birthday dinner two nights ago and I made a pot roast, cream potatoes and green beans.

From Slate • Mar. 3, 2023

For the beef dish, Ms. Brandt wanted to make something that Americans and Europeans alike would find familiar, so she created a pot roast with Catalan flavors, featuring olives, fennel and orange.

From New York Times • Dec. 30, 2022

One meat dish, the pot roast she hopes will be a signature, “represents me,” she says.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 29, 2022

She aimed her cornucopia and shot a pot roast over the cats’ heads.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan