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steak

[ steyk ]

noun

  1. a typically thick slice of meat, especially beef, or a thick slice of firm, hearty fish, cooked by broiling, pan-frying, etc.: salmon steaks.

    a sirloin steak;

    salmon steaks.

  2. ground or chopped meat prepared in the same manner as a steak.
  3. a thick slice of a hearty vegetable or other meaty food: tofu steaks.

    eggplant steaks;

    tofu steaks.



steak

/ ٱɪ /

noun

  1. any of various cuts of beef of varying quality, used for braising, stewing, etc
  2. a thick slice of pork, veal, etc, or of a large fish, esp cod or salmon
  3. minced meat prepared in the same way as steak

    hamburger steak

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of steak1

1400–50; late Middle English steike < Old Norse steik meat roasted on a stick
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Word History and Origins

Origin of steak1

C15: from Old Norse steik roast; related to steikja to roast on a spit; see stick 1
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Example Sentences

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The prosecutor suggested he had inflicted them himself with a serrated steak knife to bolster his story that Sardinha had attacked him.

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Grab a steak, a piece of chicken, or some fish and just cook it!

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She bought her family a Valentine’s Day lunch at Sizzler, treating her mom to the buffet and her dad to his favorite steak and shrimp dish.

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"But in the longer term we could put the lab-grown ingredients into a 3D printer and print off whatever you want on the space station, such as a steak!"

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That leaves a lot of leeway for a menu, the ability — as Masters winners from Scottie Scheffler to Tiger Woods did — to default to bone-in ribeye or porterhouse steaks.

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