porterhouse
Also called porterhouse steak . a choice piece of beef with a conspicuous T-shaped bone, cut from the short loin and similar to a T-bone steak but with a larger portion of tenderloin.
Archaic. a house at which porter and other liquors are retailed.
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How to use porterhouse in a sentence
At the dinner, Lowe and Spade stare in disbelief as Farley devours two gigantic porterhouse steaks.
porterhouse steak, which is illustrated in Fig 8, contains more tenderloin than any other steak.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3 | Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and SciencesFor example, the housewife may ask for an inch-thick sirloin steak, a 2-inch porterhouse steak, and so on.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3 | Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and SciencesAnother small roast, called a porterhouse roast, is illustrated in Fig. 20.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3 | Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and SciencesThis is obtained by cutting a porterhouse steak rather thick.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3 | Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
Dee made all of us eat beefsteak, ordering a huge porterhouse so she could get the bone for Brindle.
Vacation with the Tucker Twins | Nell Speed
British Dictionary definitions for porterhouse
/ (ˈpɔːtəˌhaʊs) /
Also called: porterhouse steak a thick choice steak of beef cut from the middle ribs or sirloin
(formerly) a place in which porter, beer, etc, and sometimes chops and steaks, were served
Origin of porterhouse
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