beefsteak

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) (A) steak cut from a cattle beast (e.g., cow, steer).
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis) Ellipsis of beefsteak plant, also known as perilla and shiso (Perilla frutescens var. crispa).
3. (uncountable) Ellipsis of beefsteak plant, also known as perilla and shiso (Perilla frutescens var. crispa).
4. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis) Ellipsis of beefsteak tomato.
5. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis) Ellipsis of beefsteak mushroom.
6. (archaic, countable) A celebratory dinner, commonly held in New York between about 1870 and 1940 involving the consumption of enormous quantities of broiled steak and beer.

Synonyms

steak

patty

beefsteak mint

beefsteakplant

purple mint

rump steak

rumpsteak

Translations

bifteck

Beefsteak

bistecca

bistec

bife

biefstuk

biftek

bief

bifsteque

steak

bistec

biftec

Rindersteak

Steak

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbiːfˌsteɪk/

Etymology

From beef + steak. Doublet of bifshtek and bistek.