Steak

//steɪk// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Beefsteak: a slice of beef, broiled or cut for broiling. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    a slice of meat cut from the fleshy part of an animal or large fish wordnet
  3. 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. 4
    A slice of meat cut across the grain (perpendicular to the spine) from a fish. countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 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."

Synonyms

All synonyms
beefsteakbifteckchopped steakclub steakcubed steakfilet

Example

More examples

"Eat up the steak and then you can have a candy."

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.

Related phrases

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