steak
Beefsteak: a slice of beef, broiled or cut for broiling.
Noun 3 meanings
Beefsteak: a slice of beef, broiled or cut for broiling.
A relatively large, thick slice or slab cut from another animal, a vegetable, etc.
“venison steak, pork steak, salmon steak; cauliflower steak, eggplant steaks”
A slice of meat cut across the grain (perpendicular to the spine) from a fish.
Verb 1 meaning
To cook (something, especially fish) like or as a steak.
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”).
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STEAK at a glance
STEAK has 5 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (S 1 + T 1 + E 1 + A 1 + K 5) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,388 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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