rib roast

noun

: a cut of meat containing the large piece that lies along the outer side of the rib see beef illustration

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That’s a cook's goal when preparing a standing beef rib roast, also known as prime rib, for the holidays. Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 21 Dec. 2024 Beef roasts such as this can go by different names including standing rib roast, prime rib roast or rib roast. Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 21 Dec. 2024 Zupan's Markets Zupan's gives you two options — a prime rib roast with scalloped potatoes and other fixings or a turkey dinner with mashed potatoes, gravy and stuffing. Kale Williams, Axios, 11 Dec. 2024 Cookware This is something for the big-splashy-meal cook in your life—the king of the standing rib roast, the empress of the whole pig on a spit, the generalissimo of the hundred-person clam bake. Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for rib roast 

Word History

First Known Use

1627, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of rib roast was in 1627

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“Rib roast.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rib%20roast. Accessed 9 Jan. 2025.

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