rotisserie
noun
- device for cooking on a rotating skewer
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ɹəʊˈtɪ.sə.ɹi/ / /ɹəʊˈtɪs.ɹi/ / /ɹəˈtɪ.sə.ɹi/
noun
Etymology: From French rôtisserie, from rôtir ‘to roast’. Doublet of rosticceria and roastery.
- A cooking device with which food is roasted on a rotating spit.
“There will be no more misery / When the world is our rotisserie”
“Rotisseries are essentially self-basting because most of the juices stay on the meat and distribute across it while the rotisserie is being turned.”
- A shop or restaurant selling food cooked in this manner.
“Restaurants, chop-houses, rotisseries, abound in every part^([of San Francisco]).”
“We refuse to be drawn into the debate over which of St. Barts' two rotisseries is the best. They're both good.”
- Ellipsis of rotisserie baseball, synonym of fantasy baseball.
- Ellipsis of rotisserie sports, synonym of fantasy sports.
verb
Etymology: From French rôtisserie, from rôtir ‘to roast’. Doublet of rosticceria and roastery.
- To cook on a rotisserie.