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steakhouse

/ˈsteɪk.haʊs/

steakhouse noun: a restaurant that specializes in good cuts of meat, particularly steak.

Noun

steakhouse (plural steakhouses)

  1. A restaurant that specializes in good cuts of meat, particularly steak.
    • They're of the generation that believes that steak houses should be dimly lit and frostily chilled (hell, they actually believe in steak houses).1991, Douglas Coupland, “Celebrities Die”, in Generation X, New York: St. Martin's Press, →OCLC, page 112

Forms of steakhouse

pluralsteakhouses
alternative formsteak house

Origin of steakhouse

From steak + house.

Questions about steakhouse

What does steakhouse mean?
Steakhouse means a restaurant that specializes in good cuts of meat, particularly steak.
What part of speech is steakhouse?
Steakhouse is a noun.
How do you pronounce steakhouse?
Steakhouse is pronounced /ˈsteɪk.haʊs/ (US).
What is the plural of steakhouse?
The plural of steakhouse is steakhouses.

Words near steakhouse in the dictionary

  1. steakburgers
  2. steaked
  3. steakette
  4. steakettes
  5. steakfish
  6. steakhouse
  7. steakhouses
  8. steakier
  9. steakiest
  10. steaking
  11. steakless

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