steak
a typically thick slice of meat, especially beef, or a thick slice of firm, hearty fish, cooked by broiling, pan-frying, etc.: a sirloin steak;salmon steaks.
ground or chopped meat prepared in the same manner as a steak.
a thick slice of a hearty vegetable or other meaty food: eggplant steaks;tofu steaks.
Origin of steak
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How to use steak in a sentence
It has a system similar to an animal’s vascular system, which allows cells to mature and nutrients to move across thicker tissue, resulting in a steak with a similar shape and structure to traditional cow tissue before and during cooking.
Raising the steaks: First 3-D-printed rib-eye is unveiled | Laura Reiley | February 9, 2021 | Washington PostMuch like smoking in public, Yeung says, eating steak and bacon every day has collateral environmental impact that jeopardizes the future of everyone.
How China Could Change the World by Taking Meat Off the Menu | Charlie Campbell/Shanghai | January 22, 2021 | TimeInstead of a burger, Ohayo Valley will be working on making a full steak, complete with marbled fat, out of a combination of plants and beef cells.
Your first lab-grown burger is coming soon—and it’ll be “blended” | Katie McLean | December 18, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewLet a ribeye steak, sealed in a plastic bag, swim in a 130 °F bath and it’ll emerge medium-rare from edge to edge.
The kitchen of the future is here, it’s just not evenly distributed | Katie McLean | December 18, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewA genetically modified salmon will become the first GM food animal to go on sale in the US, according to its maker, AquaBounty, possibly launching an era of steaks and chops from creatures with modified DNA.
What’s on the GMO menu: fast-growing salmon and slow-swimming tuna | Katie McLean | December 11, 2020 | MIT Technology Review
The lobster is taken away and a steak, something he considers edible, is provided.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSuch 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 Fry | Ana Marie Cox | September 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHillary Clinton is scheduled to appear Sunday at the Harkin steak Fry, the premier Democratic fundraising event in the state.
2016 Overachiever Martin O’Malley Now Has 11 Staffers Working in Iowa | Ben Jacobs | September 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe house version of chicken fried steak is, in fact, pork-fried steak, veiled in panko breadcrumbs under a mantle of gravy.
Spaghetti for Breakfast?! Not So Crazy at This Idaho Farm Café | Jane & Michael Stern | August 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMarinate flank steak in garlic, Italian seasoning, paprika, oil, salt and pepper.
Epic Meal Empire’s Meat Monstrosities: From the Bacon Spider to the Cinnabattleship | Harley Morenstein | July 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey took their chop or steak at their inn or hotel, or visited the tripe houses.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham | Thomas T. Harman and Walter ShowellA thick underdone steak that overwhelmed his plate appeared to melt away rapidly from before him.
The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands | R.M. Ballantyne"They beat me to hit," he said in a low voice as Jode went back to the stove for his steak and potatoes.
David Lannarck, Midget | George S. HarneyBeside her lay a clean bit of bark containing a broiled deer-steak, toasted bread, and a cup of tea.
Blazed Trail Stories | Stewart Edward WhiteThere were many other invitations, but this one carried with it the assurance that there would be a steak-and-kidney pie.
My Wonderful Visit | Charlie Chaplin
British Dictionary definitions for steak
/ (steɪk) /
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 steak: hamburger steak
Origin of steak
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