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noun
(A) steak cut from a cattle beast (e.g., cow, steer).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Ellipsis of beefsteak plant, also known as perilla and shiso (Perilla frutescens var. crispa).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis
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noun
Ellipsis of beefsteak plant, also known as perilla and shiso (Perilla frutescens var. crispa).
The herb prepared from the leaves of the beefsteak plant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
Ellipsis of beefsteak tomato.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis
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noun
Ellipsis of beefsteak mushroom.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis
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noun
A celebratory dinner, commonly held in New York between about 1870 and 1940 involving the consumption of enormous quantities of broiled steak and beer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable
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noun
a beef steak usually cooked by broiling
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: steak
Narrower terms: flank steak, minute steak, sirloin steak, fillet, filet, Delmonico steak, club steak, porterhouse, porterhouse steak, T-bone steak, round steak, rump steak, strip steak, New York strip, chopped steak, chop steak, chopsteak, hamburger steak, beef patty
History
From beef + steak. Doublet of bifshtek and bistek.
Across languages
41 source translations are retained for this English entry.
