STEAK

steak

(noun) a slice of meat cut from the fleshy part of an animal or large fish

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

steak (countable and uncountable, plural steaks)

beefsteak, a slice of beef, broiled or cut for broiling.

(by extension) A relatively large, thick slice or slab cut from another animal, a vegetable, etc.

(seafood) A slice of meat cut across the grain (perpendicular to the spine) from a fish.

Coordinate terms

• (fish): filet (a slice of meat cut with the grain of the fish)

Verb

steak (third-person singular simple present steaks, present participle steaking, simple past and past participle steaked)

To cook (something, especially fish) like or as a steak.

Anagrams

• Keast, Keats, Skate, Stake, kates, ketas, skate, stake, takes, teaks

Source: Wiktionary


Steak, n. Etym: [OE. steike, Icel. steik, akin to Icel. steikja to roast, stikna to be roasted or scorched, and E. stick, the steak being broiled on a spit. See Stick, v. t.]

Definition: A slice of beef, broiled, or cut for broiling; -- also extended to the meat of other large animals; as, venison steak; bear steak; pork steak; turtle steak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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