steak
[steyk]
- a slice of meat or fish, especially beef, cooked by broiling, frying, etc.
- chopped meat prepared in the same manner as a steak.
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Origin of steak
1400–50; late Middle English steike < Old Norse steik meat roasted on a stick
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Contemporary Examples
The lobster is taken away and a steak, something he considers edible, is provided.
Such dry reasoning was unsettlingly common with the student contingent at the steak fry.
The Coronation That Wants to Be a Movement: Scenes From Hillary’s Iowa Steak FryAna Marie Cox
September 15, 2014
Speaking to the Post, he joked about going out to dinner and pushing his plate aside after eating only a third of his steak.
Interestingly, this only happened to frequent meat eaters; vegans who ate a steak did not show elevated blood-levels of TMAO.
Characters are constantly glancing up from their oysters, or fretting about their steak being overcooked.
Historical Examples
I had also kep some good coffee warm for her, and some toast and steak.
Samantha Among the Brethren, Part 4.Josiah Allen's Wife (Marietta Holley)
Burn the steak he will if I lave him with it, and Moike knows the sort of a bed he makes.
The Widow O'Callaghan's BoysGulielma Zollinger
It takes from ten to fifteen minutes to cook, according to the thickness of the steak.
The Skilful CookMary Harrison
Put it in a moderate oven for two or three hours, until the steak is tender.
The Skilful CookMary Harrison
Then he shoved the steak into his mouth and waved a big hand.
A Yankee Flier Over BerlinAl Avery
steak
- See beefsteak
- any of various cuts of beef of varying quality, used for braising, stewing, etc
- a thick slice of pork, veal, etc, or of a large fish, esp cod or salmon
- minced meat prepared in the same way as steakhamburger steak
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Word Origin
C15: from Old Norse steik roast; related to steikja to roast on a spit; see stick 1
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Word Origin and History for steak
n.
mid-15c., "thick slice of meat cut for roasting," probably from Old Norse steik "roast meat," cognate with steikja "to roast on a spit," and ultimately "something stuck" (on a spit); related to stick (v.).
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