Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spit roast

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.56 in modern English

Syllables
spit roast
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The technique of roasting an animal over a fire, where the cook pokes a rod through the animal and sets the ends on two sticks to suspend the animal over the fire.

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Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Food.

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What does spit roast mean?
The technique of roasting an animal over a fire, where the cook pokes a rod through the animal and sets the ends on two sticks to suspend the animal over the fire.

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