Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A cooking device equipped with a rotating spit on which meat or other food is roasted.
- noun A shop or restaurant where meats are roasted to order.
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- noun A
cooking device on which food isroasted on arotating spit - noun a
shop orrestaurant selling food cooked in this manner
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a restaurant that specializes in roasted and barbecued meats
- noun an oven or broiler equipped with a rotating spit on which meat cooks as it turns
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Warner should be a great pickup in rotisserie leagues, especially since he's facing a San Diego team that can be exploited in the air.
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Latin American rotisserie chicken is also becoming more popular, as young people in particular look for 'comfort food with a twist', that they also perceive to be healthy.
MeatProcess RSS 2009
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The first I call the rotisserie metaphor: one doesn't just do poorly on an exam: he or she (in vaguely increasing degrees of heat) gets smoked, lit, torched, burned, toasted, fried, baked, roasted, or sizzled.
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Everything on the menu was good, and inexpensive, but I zeroed in on their specialty, pollos a la brasa, aka rotisserie chicken.
SARA MOULTON’S EVERYDAY FAMILY DINNERS SARA MOULTON 2010
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Everything on the menu was good, and inexpensive, but I zeroed in on their specialty, pollos a la brasa, aka rotisserie chicken.
SARA MOULTON’S EVERYDAY FAMILY DINNERS SARA MOULTON 2010
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They completely rebuilt it, what's called a rotisserie rebuild, from the ground up, with noted hot rod designer Chip Foose being the design chief of it.
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We used a wood burning oven and a rotisserie which is where the inspiration for the pizza we make at Otto came from.
Serious Eats: New York Caroline Russock 2010
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We used a wood burning oven and a rotisserie which is where the inspiration for the pizza we make at Otto came from.
Serious Eats: New York Caroline Russock 2010
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In addition, Suzuki will showcase a Road Race Motorsports Kizashi with Road Race's signature handling and performance mods; a "rotisserie" display showcasing the Kizashi's underbody performance hardware; a body-in-white Kizashi display showing the vehicle's world-class construction; and an Equator concept truck, with off-road upgrades provided by ICON Vehicle Dynamics and the Corona Cartel.
Automotive Headlines 2009
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The car's body is on the shop's "rotisserie," or rack, which can rotate 360 degrees and stop at any angle.
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