rotisserie
pronunciation
How to pronounce rotisserie in British English:
UK [rəʊˈtɪsəri]
How to pronounce rotisserie in American English:
US [roʊˈtɪsəri]
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- Noun:
- an oven or broiler equipped with a rotating spit on which meat cooks as it turns
- a restaurant that specializes in roasted and barbecued meats
Word Origin
- rotisserie (n.)
- 1868, "restaurant where meat is roasted on a spit," from French rôtisserie "shop selling cooked food, restaurant," from present participle stem of rôtir "to roast," from Old French rostir (see roast (v.)). As an in-home cooking apparatus, attested from 1953. Manufacturers (or their copy writers) back-formed a verb, rotiss (1958). Rotisserie league (1980), a form of fantasy baseball, is based on La Rotisserie, the Manhattan restaurant where it was conceived.
Example
- 1. Can we rotisserie at least once ?
- 2. Did I mention it hasa rear-mounted rotisserie rack ?
- 3. Buying a rotisserie chicken from the supermarket .
- 4. The rotisserie on the corner of waldorf street stays open until midnight .
- 5. And a good number will settle on kenny rogers roasters , a location of the american country singer 's failed rotisserie chicken chain .