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broast

verb
/bɹoʊst/US

Etymology

Blend of broil + roast, originally a trademark (broaster and broasted) established in the 1950s by the American inventor of the process, L. A. M. Phelan.

  1. derived from rost
  2. derived from roste
  3. derived from *Hrews-✻ — “to crackle; roast”
  4. derived from *raustijaną✻ — “to roast”
  5. derived from *rōstijan✻ — “to roast, broil”
  6. derived from rostir — “to roast, to torture with fire”
  7. inherited from rosten
  8. compounded as broast — “broil + roast”

Definitions

  1. To fry (chicken or other food) in oil under pressure.

    • The Phillips Cafe is known for its Flavor Crisp broasted chicken, and Don keeps track of just how much of the crispy poultry pieces he sells each year.
    • She ate a dollar-fifty-nine barbecue beef rib with broasted potatoes off a paper plate on the trunk of the Passat, waiting for Alberto to turn up […]

  2. A meal cooked in this manner.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA