# roast beef

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Beef cooked by roasting.
2. A cut of beef that has been roasted.
3. A cut of beef intended for roasting.
4. A portion of roasted beef.

## Etymology
From roast + beef. Doublet of rosbif, a reborrowing.

## Source
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