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rarebit

  (râr'bĭt) pronunciation
n.

Welsh rabbit.

[Probably alteration of (WELSH) RABBIT.]


 
 
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n.

A Welsh rabbit, in the speech of the humorless, who point out that it is not a rabbit. To whom it may be solemnly explained that the comestible known as toad-in-a-hole is really not a toad, and that riz-de-veau a la financiere is not the smile of a calf prepared after the recipe of a she banker.


 
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: cheese melted with ale or beer served over toast
  Synonyms: Welsh rarebit, Welsh rabbit


 
Translations: Translations for: Rarebit

Dansk (Danish)
n. - rarebit (walisisk smeltet ost og skinke på brød)

Nederlands (Dutch)
geroosterd brood met gesmolten kaas

Français (French)
n. - (Culin) croque-monsieur, toast au fromage

Deutsch (German)
n. - Käsetoast

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (μαγειρ.) φρυγανιά/τοστ με τυρί

Italiano (Italian)
crostino al formaggio

Português (Portuguese)
n. - coelho (m) (da região de Gales)

Русский (Russian)
плавленый сыр, смешанный с пивом

Español (Spanish)
n. - pan tostado con queso derretido

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - (kok) walesisk rarebit

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
欧洲种的兔子, 家兔

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 歐洲種的兔子, 家兔

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 치즈토스트

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - チーズトースト

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) جبن مذاب فوق خبز محمص‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮גבינה מותכת בצנים‬


 
 

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