noun / verb
spit
A rod used to hold food while roasting.
The chicken turns slowly on a spit above the fire.
Etymology
The Old English word already named the pointed roasting rod. The modern cooking use continues that concrete tool-name.
More examples
- Slide the meat onto the spit before lighting the grill.
- Two long spits hold the lambs over the coals.
- The cook spitted the chicken and secured it with forks.
Forms
spit · spits · spitted · spitting
Similar words
- skewer
- Usually smaller, holding pieces of food rather than whole roasts.
- rotisserie
- The cooking apparatus that rotates a spit, not the rod alone.