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rare2

Pronunciation: /rɛː/
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Definition of rare

adjective (rarer, rarest)

  • (of meat, especially beef) lightly cooked, so that the inside is still red: rare roast beef Stephen likes his steak rare

Origin:

late 18th century: variant of obsolete rear 'half-cooked' (used to refer to soft-boiled eggs, from the mid 17th to mid 19th centuries)

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