Associations to the word «Rare»

RARE, adjective. (cooking) (particularly meats) Cooked very lightly, so the meat is still red (in the case of steak or beef in the general sense).

RARE, adjective. Very uncommon; scarce.

RARE, adjective. (of a gas) Thin; of low density.

RARE, verb. (US) (intransitive) To rear, rise up, start backwards.

RARE, verb. (US) (transitive) To rear, bring up, raise.

RARE, adjective. (obsolete) early

RARE ANIMAL, noun. Used other than as an idiom: see rare,‎ animal.

RARE ANIMAL, noun. (idiomatic) Synonym of rare bird.

RARE AS A FOUR-LEAF CLOVER, adjective. (simile) Exceptionally rare.

RARE AS HEN'S TEETH, adjective. (simile) extremely uncommon

RARE BIRD, noun. An unusual or exceptional person or thing; a rara avis.

RARE BIRD, noun. Used other than as an idiom: see rare,‎ bird.

RARE EARTH, noun. (chemistry) naturally occurring oxides of the lanthanide metals; they are widely distributed in relatively small concentrations and are used in glassmaking, ceramic glazes etc

RARE EARTH ELEMENT, noun. (chemistry) Any of a group of seventeen soft, lustrous, sometimes magnetic metals that form trivalent salts; they include the lanthanides plus yttrium, scandium, thorium and sometimes zirconium.

RARE EARTH ELEMENTS, noun. Plural of rare earth element

RARE EARTH MAGNET, noun. Strong, permanent magnets that are made from alloys of rare earth elements, are much stronger than ferrite or alnico magnets, and are extremely brittle.

RARE EARTH METAL, noun. Rare earth element

RARE EARTH METALS, noun. Plural of rare earth metal

RARE EARTH MINERAL, noun. A mineral which contains one or more rare earth elements as major metal constituents.

RARE EARTH MINERALS, noun. Plural of rare earth mineral

RARE EARTHS, noun. Plural of rare earth

RARE GROOVE, noun. Soul or jazz music that is very hard to source or relatively obscure.

RARE SPRING-SEDGE, noun. A sedge species, Carex ericetorum.

RARE SPRING-SEDGES, noun. Plural of rare spring-sedge

RARE, adjective. Not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness; "a rare word"; "rare books".

RARE, adjective. Recurring only at long intervals; "a rare appearance"; "total eclipses are rare events".

RARE, adjective. Not widely distributed; "rare herbs"; "rare patches of green in the desert".

RARE, adjective. Having low density; "rare gasses"; "lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air".

RARE, adjective. Marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind; "what is so rare as a day in June"-J.R.Lowell; "a rare skill"; "an uncommon sense of humor"; "she was kind to an uncommon degree".

RARE, adjective. (of meat) cooked a short time; still red inside; "rare roast beef".