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beefsteak

/ˈbiːfˌsteɪk/

beefsteak noun: (A) steak cut from a cattle beast (e.g., cow, steer). Also the ellipsis of beefsteak plant.

Noun

beefsteak (countable and uncountable, plural beefsteaks)

  1. (A) steak cut from a cattle beast (e.g., cow, steer).
    • Fa la la la
      Fa la la lee
      Now let me go, my honey oh
      back to Tennessee
      It's beefsteak when I'm workin,
      whiskey when I'm dry, and
      sweet heaven when I die
      It's beefsteak when I'm workin,
      whiskey when I'm dry, and
      sweet heaven when I die2011, Gillian Welch, “Tennessee”, in The Harrow & the Harvest, performed by Gillian Welch and David Rawlings
  2. (uncountable) The herb prepared from the leaves of the beefsteak plant.
  3. (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.

Also used as

beefsteak is also the ellipsis of beefsteak plant.

beefsteak is also the ellipsis of beefsteak tomato.

beefsteak is also the ellipsis of beefsteak mushroom.

beefsteak meaning in Tagalog, Malay, Indonesian and Vietnamese

beefsteak in Tagalog

steak
bistek

beefsteak in Malay

steak
bifstik

beefsteak in Indonesian

steak
bistik

beefsteak in Vietnamese

steak
bít tết

Forms of beefsteak

pluralbeefsteaks

Origin of beefsteak

From beef + steak. Doublet of bifshtek and bistek.

Words formed from beefsteak

Phrases with beefsteak

Questions about beefsteak

What does beefsteak mean?
Beefsteak means (A) steak cut from a cattle beast (e.g., cow, steer).
What is beefsteak in Tagalog?
Beefsteak in Tagalog is bistek. See Beefsteak meaning in Tagalog.
What part of speech is beefsteak?
Beefsteak is a noun.
How do you pronounce beefsteak?
Beefsteak is pronounced /ˈbiːfˌsteɪk/.
What is the plural of beefsteak?
The plural of beefsteak is beefsteaks.

Words near beefsteak in the dictionary

  1. Beeford
  2. beefpacking
  3. beefs
  4. beefs out
  5. beefs up
  6. beefsteak
  7. beefsteak begonia
  8. beefsteak begonias
  9. beefsteak club
  10. beefsteak clubs
  11. beefsteak mushroom

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