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Kobe beef

Kobe beef noun: wagyu beef from the Tajima strain of Japanese Black cattle, raised in Japan's Hyōgo Prefecture.

Noun

Kobe beef (uncountable)

  1. Wagyu beef from the Tajima strain of Japanese Black cattle, raised in Japan's Hyōgo Prefecture.
    • I had Kobe beef, easily the best steak I've ever tasted.2005, Paul Carter, Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, page 160

Questions about Kobe beef

What does Kobe beef mean?
Kobe beef means wagyu beef from the Tajima strain of Japanese Black cattle, raised in Japan's Hyōgo Prefecture.
What part of speech is Kobe beef?
Kobe beef is a noun.

Words near Kobe beef in the dictionary

  1. Kobayashi
  2. Kobayashi Maru
  3. Kobayashi Marus
  4. Kobayashis
  5. Kobe
  6. Kobe beef
  7. kobeite
  8. kobeites
  9. Kobeliaky
  10. kobellite
  11. kobene

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