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rib eye

American  
Or rib-eye

noun

  1. a large beefsteak cut from the outer, or eye, side of the ribs.


Etymology

Origin of rib eye

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

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Dry-aged rib eye beef in a sesame sabayon sauce.

From Seattle Times • May 21, 2024

"If you can find simple, basic things to practice on, then suddenly, when you have a nice rib eye or lamb chops, you won't be so scared to go and give it a shot."

From Salon • Jul. 30, 2023

The 11 Mirrors Rooftop Restaurant has a $180 rib eye on the menu, signed photos of celebrities on a wall and a panoramic view of downtown Kyiv.

From New York Times • Nov. 14, 2021

Working with the faculty of biomedical engineering at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel-based firm Aleph Farms also created the worlds' first lab grown rib eye steak in this way, using 3D printing, in February.

From BBC • Oct. 31, 2021

He went to the annual steak feed, where the coaches and the booster club board sat at long tables inside a warehouse and ate delicious slabs of rib eye as thick as a Bible.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

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