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rotisserie

noun

  1. device for cooking on a rotating skewer
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɹəʊˈtɪ.sə.ɹi/ / /ɹəʊˈtɪs.ɹi/ / /ɹəˈtɪ.sə.ɹi/

noun

Etymology: From French rôtisserie, from rôtir ‘to roast’. Doublet of rosticceria and roastery.

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. Ellipsis of rotisserie baseball, synonym of fantasy baseball.
  4. Ellipsis of rotisserie sports, synonym of fantasy sports.

verb

Etymology: From French rôtisserie, from rôtir ‘to roast’. Doublet of rosticceria and roastery.

  1. To cook on a rotisserie.