rare¹ /rār/

1. Seldom encountered
2. Uncommon
3. Excellent
4. Especially good
5. Extraordinary
6. Used as a mere intensive, esp with and (informal)
7. (of the atmosphere) thin
8. Not dense
9. Sparse

rarefacˈtion /rār-i- or rar-i-/ noun

Rarefying

rarefacˈtive adjective

rarˈefīable adjective

rarˈefied adjective

1. (of the atmosphere) thin
2. Refined, exclusive
3. Esoteric

rarˈefy transitive verb and intransitive verb (rarˈefying; rarˈefied)

To make or become less dense, to refine

rāreˈly adverb

1. Seldom
2. Choicely
3. Remarkably well

rāreˈness noun

rarity /rārˈ or rarˈi-ti/ noun

1. The state of being rare
2. Thinness
3. Something valued for its scarcity
4. Uncommonness

rare bird noun

An exceptional person or thing

rareˈbit noun

(often called Welsh rarebit) melted cheese, with or without ale, on hot toast (also rabbit or Welsh rabbit)

rare earth noun

1. An oxide of a rare-earth element, any of a group of metallic elements (some of them rare) closely similar in chemical properties and very difficult to separate
2. Now more usu a rare-earth element itself

rare gas noun

Inert gas

rare groove noun

A genre of music that mixes 1970s soul and funk with sampling and electronically generated sounds

rare² /rār/

1. (of meat) underdone
2. (of eggs) lightly cooked (obsolete or dialect)

rare³ /rār/ or rear /rēr/ (obsolete)

Early

rearˈly adverb

rareˈ-ripe adjective

Early ripe

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• ChB
• CHD
• che
• ChE
• cheap
• cheap and cheerful
• cheap and nasty
• cheapen
• cheapened
• cheapener
• cheapeners
• cheapening
• cheapens
• cheaper
• cheapest
• cheapie
• cheapies
• cheapish
• cheap-jack
• cheap Jack
• cheap-Jack
• cheap-jacks
• cheap John
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