How to pronounce rare

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What rare means

adjective

Most people know rare in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.

Cooked only a little, so the meat is still pink inside

In a sentence: Dad likes his steak rare, but I like mine cooked all the way through.

Where it comes from: It comes from an old word, rear, from the Old English hrēre, meaning lightly boiled. It is a different word from rare meaning not common, which comes from Latin.

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