cube steak

American  

Or cubed steak

noun

1. a thin, square or round cut of beef tenderized by cubing.

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Etymology

Origin of cube steak

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

The same doesn’t apply to other food groups—drop a breaded cube steak in the same fryer and it’s still meat.

From Slate • Nov. 19, 2011

With the pork chops or cube steak or fried chicken come piles of mashed potatoes and canned creamed corn or cut green beans.

From Time Magazine Archive