rib roast

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noun

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

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Also called standing rib roast.

Origin of rib roast

First recorded in 1885–90

Words nearby rib roast

ribosome, ribosuria, ribosyl, ribozo, ribozyme, rib roast, rib steak, rib-tickler, rib-tickling, ribwort, RIC

How to use rib roast in a sentence

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.
Don’t Fear the Broiler|Elazar Sontag|February 11, 2021|Eater
The nanas and poppies and grannies and grampses who flocked there to roast in the sun.
Powerful Congressman Writes About ‘Fleshy Breasts’|Asawin Suebsaeng|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Remove the roast from the pan and let rest for a minimum of 15 minutes.
Make Carla Hall’s Roasted Pork Loin With Cranberries|Carla Hall|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Veselka layered its latke with pork goulash, and Toloache added beef short rib chorizo.
I Ate Potato Pancakes Til I Plotzed|Emily Shire|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Maybe I could turn all these quarters into some kind of rib-sticking casserole.
‘Asteroids’ & The Dawn of the Gamer Age|David Owen|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A Chinese restaurateur ran to the window as I wolfed down roast duck for my farewell dinner, as shots were heard across the way.
No Movie Stars, No Red Carpet, But Off-Season Cannes Is Still Magic|Liza Foreman|September 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Or what if I do not fish at all, but get my roast fish by paying for it a part of the wages I receive for working in a saw mill?
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
They were about to make a fire and roast some of the flesh for dinner, when a pitiful cry was heard.
Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin|Mary Hazelton Wade
Roast beef was presented, in compliment to the English, very little roasted.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil|Maria Graham
Benny gave them no peace at all until they had admired his wonderful new stockings, and felt of each rib.
The Box-Car Children|Gertrude Chandler Warner
He was a fat man—eating roast pork, and apple-sauce, and mashed potatoes, and bread.
Love's Pilgrimage|Upton Sinclair