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Needing more time in the oven
Answer for the clue "Needing more time in the oven ", 9 letters:
underdone
Alternative clues for the word underdone
Word definitions for underdone in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Rare \Rare\, a. [Compar. Rarer (r[^a]r"[~e]r); superl. Rarest .] [Cf. AS. hr[=e]r, or E. rare early. [root]18.] Nearly raw; partially cooked; not thoroughly cooked; underdone; as, rare beef or mutton. New-laid eggs, which Baucis' busy care Turned by ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1680s, in reference to cooked meat, from under + done . Old English underdon (v.), Middle English underdo meant "to put under, to subject, subjugate."
Usage examples of underdone.
The turkey was always tough and stringy, the stuffing dry and mealy, the string beans underdone and a brilliant baking-soda green, the sweet potatoes too sweet and sticky with Karo.
Vanya dined alone, and so preoccupied was the Bishop that he might have been eating sausages along with his Field Catalysts instead of the delicacies of peacocks tongue and lizards tail which he barely tasted and never noticed were underdone.
Niall carved himself some underdone roast beef from a joint, and poured a cup of papaya juice.