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neckbeef

neckbeef noun: meat from the neck of cattle.

Noun

neckbeef (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Meat from the neck of cattle.
    • We refer to Arbitration, which at present would be far more used than is the case, if the tendency to resort to it were not constantly obstructed by our lawyers, who naturally enough consider it an inferior commodity—something like neckbeef.1887, Laurence Gronlund, The Co-operative Commonwealth in Its Outlines: An Exposition of Collectivism

Forms of neckbeef

alternative formneck beef

Origin of neckbeef

From neck + beef.

Questions about neckbeef

What does neckbeef mean?
Neckbeef means meat from the neck of cattle.
What part of speech is neckbeef?
Neckbeef is a noun.

Words near neckbeef in the dictionary

  1. neckbearded
  2. neckbeardier
  3. neckbeardiest
  4. neckbeards
  5. neckbeardy
  6. neckbeef
  7. neckbiter
  8. neckbiters
  9. neckbone
  10. neckbones
  11. neckbrace

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