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pot roast
n.
A cut of beef that is browned and then cooked until tender, often with vegetables, in a covered pot.
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pot roast
n
(Cookery) meat, esp beef, that is browned and cooked slowly in a covered pot with very little water, often with vegetables added
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pot′ roast`
n.
a cut of beef stewed in one piece in a covered pot and served in its own gravy.
[1880–85, Amer.]
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pot roast
(pôelé) To cook large cuts of meat by browning in fat and then cooking slowly in a covered pot.
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| Noun | 1. |  pot roast - cut of beef suitable for simmering in liquid in a closed potroast, joint - a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion bottom round - cut from the round; suitable for pot roast |
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pot roast
n (Culin) → brasatoCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995