pastrami

[puh-strah-mee]

noun

1. a brisket of beef that has been cured in a mixture of garlic, peppercorns, sugar, coriander seeds, etc., then smoked before cooking.

pastrami

/ pəˈstrɑːmɪ /

noun

1. highly seasoned smoked beef, esp prepared from a shoulder cut

Word History and Origins

Origin of pastrami¹

1935–40; < Yiddish pastrame < Romanian pastramă pressed, cured meat; a Balkanism of uncertain origin (compare Modern Greek pastramâs, Serbo-Croatian pȁstrma ), perhaps ultimately < Turkish pastιrma, taken as variant of bastιrma, equivalent to bastιr-, causative stem of bas- press, squeeze + -ma verbal noun suffix

Word History and Origins

Origin of pastrami¹

from Yiddish, from Romanian pastramǎ, from pǎstra to preserve

Example Sentences

Langer said the price increase for egg dishes was temporary and he’s not raising the cost of other menu items, including the deli’s famous hot pastrami sandwiches.

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And back in August, when she was done with her pastrami sandwich at Langer’s, she said she was on the case and already making calls.

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If I go to class early, I’ll get the pastrami from Subway and let that sit in the refrigerator until 1 o’clock.

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When I wrote about Norm Langer saying he might retire and close his Westlake restaurant because of festering problems in the neighborhood, Bass went to hear him out over a pastrami sandwich.

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Bass ordered pastrami on rye and took notes as Langer described the challenge of maintaining a business when customers have been falling away after decades of loyalty.

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