English dictionary
rare
adjectiveAudio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
adjective
- not widely distributed
adjective
- not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness
adjective
- (of meat) cooked a short time; still red inside
adjective
- recurring only at long intervals
adjective
- marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind
adjective
- having low density
Example sentences
rare herbs
rare patches of green in the desert
a rare word
rare books
rare roast beef
a rare appearance
total eclipses are rare events
{'source': 'J.R.Lowell', 'text': 'what is so rare as a day in June'}
a rare skill
an uncommon sense of humor
she was kind to an uncommon degree
rare gasses
lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air