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Definition of "steak" []

  • A slice of meat, typically beef, usually cut thick and across the muscle grain and served broiled or fried. (noun)
  • A thick slice of a large fish cut across the body. (noun)
  • A patty of ground meat broiled or fried. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "steak" in a sentence
  • "Sometimes this steak is wrongly called a club steak, but no confusion will result if it is remembered that a _club steak_ is a porterhouse steak that has most of the bone and the flank end, or "tail," removed."
  • "Hope you find that little restaurant in downtown Paree where the steak is almost twitching and the sauce says "heaven can wait"."
  • "Ginny told funny stories about the tedium of her training that day, Chris regaled them with bus commute anecdotes, and Gillam, sitting next to Myra, kept making her smile with his repeated "This steak is my most favorite, Mama.""