T-bone steak

[tee-bohn steyk]

noun

1. a choice piece of beef with a conspicuous T -shaped bone, cut from the short loin and similar to a porterhouse but with a smaller portion of tenderloin.

T-bone steak

noun

1. a large choice steak cut from the sirloin of beef, containing a T-shaped bone

Word History and Origins

Origin of T-bone steak¹

First recorded in 1920–25