steak(n = noun.food) - a slice of meat cut from the fleshy part of an animal or large fish;
is a kind of cut, cut of meat
has particulars: fish steak, beefsteak
A slice of beef, broiled, or cut for broiling; -- also extended to the meat of other large animals; as, venison steak; bear steak; pork steak; turtle steak. [1913 Webster]
steak, n.
1 a thick slice of meat (esp. beef) or fish, often cut for grilling, frying, etc.
2 beef cut for stewing or braising.
Idiom:
steak-house a restaurant specializing in serving beefsteaks. steak-knife a knife with a serrated steel blade for eating steak.
Etymology:
ME f. ON steik rel. to steikja roast on spit, stikna be roasted
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