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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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