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rare
(r/(@)/r )

adjective (a)

  • Early.(adjective)
    source: webster1913
  • Nearly raw; partially cooked; not thoroughly cooked; underdone; as, rare beef or mutton.(adjective)
    source: webster1913
  • Not frequent; seldom met with or occurring; unusual; as, a rare event.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness(adj.all)
    Example:
    A rare word.
    Rare books.
    source: wordnet30
  • recurring only at long intervals(adj.all)
    Example:
    A rare appearance.
    Total eclipses are rare events.
    source: wordnet30
  • not widely distributed(adj.all)
    Example:
    Rare herbs.
    Rare patches of green in the desert.
    source: wordnet30
  • having low density(adj.all)
    Example:
    Rare gasses.
    Lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air.
    Synonym:
    rarefied, rarified
    source: wordnet30
  • marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind(adj.all)
    Example:
    What is so rare as a day in June.
    A rare skill.
    Synonym:
    uncommon
    source: wordnet30
  • (of meat) cooked a short time; still red inside(adj.all)
    Example:
    Rare roast beef.
    source: wordnet30
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