bottom round

American  

noun

1. a cut of beef taken from outside the round, which is below the rump and above the upper leg.

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Etymology

Origin of bottom round

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

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bottom round

The pit beef here is closer to grilled meat than slow-smoked barbecue; the bottom round is cooked directly over charcoal and sliced thin to your desired temperature.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 23, 2017

One day three years ago in Pomona, Calif., a Czecho-Slovak butcher named William Dubil lugged a bottom round of beef from his refrigerator, found that someone had stored it too near the freezing coils.

From Time Magazine Archive

She can also buy cheap bottom round and use a chemical to undermine its resistance.

From Time Magazine Archive

Each Christmas they accompts did clear, And wound their bottom round the year.

From The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe by Parton, James

He finds, indeed, a ladder reaching to the skies, but resting upon the earth, and he is at the bottom round.

From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady