bifshtek
/ˌbɪfˈʃtɛk/
bifshtek noun: a Russian ground meat dish, often made from beef, consisting of minced meat mixed with various ingredients such as onions, spices, and sometimes breadcrumbs or eggs, shaped into patties or cutlets and pan-fried or baked.
Noun
bifshtek (countable and uncountable, plural bifshteks)
- A Russian ground meat dish, often made from beef, consisting of minced meat mixed with various ingredients such as onions, spices, and sometimes breadcrumbs or eggs, shaped into patties or cutlets and pan-fried or baked.
- Here iss the dinner! There iss no truffles—there iss no goose—there iss no fish—but we have nice bifshteks!1932, Bella Spewack, Samuel Spewack, Clear All Wires! A Play in Three Acts, New York, N.Y.; Los Angeles, Calif.; London: Samuel French Ltd., page 150
- “Russian food is satisfactory but lacks variety,[”] notes the new expanded edition of Pan American World Airways” travel booklet “New Horizons.” “Meats, including ‘bifshtek’ are often tough and greasy, vegetables overcooked,” it points out.1956 July 8, “[Stella, by Starlight] European Notes”, in Fort Lauderdale Sunday News and Sentinel, 46th year, number 298, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., page 10-D, column 1
Examples of bifshtek in a sentence
- Now, about your restaurants, I don’t relish the idea of paying 30 or 40 rubles for greasy bifshtek and overcooked vegetables.1957 June 9, Morton Cathro, “Travelin’ Light: See You in Siberia”, in Oakland Tribune, volume CLXVI, number 160, Oakland, Calif., page C-3:
- Meats, including “Bifshtek,” and vegetables are cooked long.1958, Pan American World Airways, Inc., “Russia (U.S.S.R.)”, in New Horizons World Guide: Pan American’s Travel Facts About 89 Countries...
- Blood donors were not lacking: all the physicists “on duty” were ready to volunteer, and several whose blood group was the same as Landau’s had been selected and advised to eat much bifshtek.1965, Alexander Dorozynski, “As Long as There Is Life”, in The Man They Wouldn’t Let Die, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →LCCN...
- Russian bifshteks are actually thin, boneless affairs that more resemble a French entrecote than an American sirloin or T-bone.1978 June 4, Dan Fisher, “Hard to Improve Diets: Lack of Meat Worries Soviets”, in Los Angeles Times, volume XCVII, Los Angeles, Calif....
Forms of bifshtek
| plural | bifshteks |
|---|---|
| alternative form | bifshteks |
Origin of bifshtek
From Russian бифште́к(с) (bifšték(s)), from English beefsteak(s). Doublet of beefsteak and bistek.
Questions about bifshtek
- What does bifshtek mean?
- Bifshtek means a Russian ground meat dish, often made from beef, consisting of minced meat mixed with various ingredients such as onions, spices, and sometimes breadcrumbs or eggs, shaped into patties or cutlets and pan-fried or baked.
- How do you use bifshtek in a sentence?
- Now, about your restaurants, I don’t relish the idea of paying 30 or 40 rubles for greasy bifshtek and overcooked vegetables.
- What part of speech is bifshtek?
- Bifshtek is a noun.
- How do you pronounce bifshtek?
- Bifshtek is pronounced /ˌbɪfˈʃtɛk/.
- What is the plural of bifshtek?
- The plural of bifshtek is bifshteks.
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