broast

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US/bɹoʊst/

verb

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

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Meanings

verbbroast (third-person singular simple present broasts, present participle broasting, simple past and past participle broasted or broast)

present singular third person broasts · participle present broasting · participle past broasted · past broasted

  1. transitiveTo 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.

    2004, Joanne Raetz Stuttgen, Cafe Wisconsin: a guide to Wisconsin's down-home cafes, page 21
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    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 […]

    2009, William Gibson, Spook Country
nounbroast (plural broasts)

plural broasts

  1. A meal cooked in this manner.

Origin

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.

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APA

broast. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/broast

MLA

“broast.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/broast. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “broast,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/broast.

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