cutability

[kuht-uh-bil-i-tee]

noun

the lean yield of a beef carcass: the carcass of highest cutability, or top yield, has the largest proportion of lean meat within its grade.

Origin of cutability

1960–65; cut + -ability; due to noninitial stress, irregular spelling with single rather than double t

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