beefsteak
(noun) a beef steak usually cooked by broiling
Source: WordNet® 3.1
beefsteak (countable and uncountable, plural beefsteaks)
(countable, uncountable) (A) steak cut from beef cattle.
(countable) Ellipsis of beefsteak plant, also known as perilla and shiso (Perilla frutescens var. crispa).
(uncountable) The herb prepared from the leaves of the beefsteak plant.
(countable) Ellipsis of beefsteak tomato.
(countable) Ellipsis of beefsteak mushroom.
(countable, archaic): A celebratory dinner, commonly held in New York between about 1870 and 1940 involving the consumption of enormous quantities of broiled steak and beer.
Source: Wiktionary
Beef"steak`, n.
Definition: A steak of beef; a slice of beef broiled or suitable for broiling.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
11 January 2025
(noun) low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
