steak
Meaning
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- beefsteak, a slice of beef, broiled or cut for broiling.
- A relatively large, thick slice or slab cut from another animal, a vegetable, etc.
- A slice of meat cut across the grain (perpendicular to the spine) from a fish.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/steɪk/
Etymology
In summary
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”).
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