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Steak
Definitions
- 1 Beefsteak: a slice of beef, broiled or cut for broiling. countable, uncountable
- 2 a slice of meat cut from the fleshy part of an animal or large fish wordnet
- 3 A relatively large, thick slice or slab cut from another animal, a vegetable, etc. broadly, countable, uncountable
"venison steak, bear steak, pork steak, turtle steak, salmon steak; cauliflower steak, eggplant steaks"
- 4 A slice of meat cut across the grain (perpendicular to the spine) from a fish. countable, uncountable
- 1 To cook (something, especially fish) like or as a steak.
"Really large bass can be treated as filets, as we mentioned earlier, or they can be steaked. If they are to be steaked, they should be cleaned like a bass to be baked, scaled, and the skin left in place."
Etymology
From Middle English steike, from Old Norse steik (“roast; meat roasted on a stick”). The verb is either from the noun or from steikja (“to roast”). The modern pronunciation shows an irregular change of Early Modern English /ɛː/ to /eɪ/ in the standard language; contrast this with the development of other words such as speak and wreak.
From Middle English steike, from Old Norse steik (“roast; meat roasted on a stick”). The verb is either from the noun or from steikja (“to roast”). The modern pronunciation shows an irregular change of Early Modern English /ɛː/ to /eɪ/ in the standard language; contrast this with the development of other words such as speak and wreak.
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