steak

[steyk]

noun

1. a typically thick slice of meat, especially beef, or a thick slice of firm, hearty fish, cooked by broiling, pan-frying, etc.: salmon steaks.

   a sirloin steak;

   salmon steaks.

2. ground or chopped meat prepared in the same manner as a steak.

3. a thick slice of a hearty vegetable or other meaty food: tofu steaks.

   eggplant steaks;

   tofu steaks.

steak

/ steɪk /

noun

1. See beefsteak

2. any of various cuts of beef of varying quality, used for braising, stewing, etc

3. a thick slice of pork, veal, etc, or of a large fish, esp cod or salmon

4. minced meat prepared in the same way as steak

   hamburger steak

Word History and Origins

Origin of steak¹

1400–50; late Middle English steike < Old Norse steik meat roasted on a stick

Word History and Origins

Origin of steak¹

C15: from Old Norse steik roast; related to steikja to roast on a spit; see _stick ¹

Example Sentences

“They can order three steaks if they want,” said Keith Lane, Celebrity’s senior vice president of hotel operations.

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On Matthews’s morning in the lab this summer, developers were picking the right cheese combination for a quesadilla with poblano pepper and steak, which launched this past Thursday as an LTO.

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Sporting a conquistador moustache and thighs as thick as a gaucho's steak, the culture shock was severe when the Argentina wing arrived at Harlequins.

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Elsewhere we learn that, during the 1978 coup d’état, the hotel’s chefs “whipped up special dishes, turning tender steaks and scrumptious cakes into weapons of distraction.”

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Texas Roadhouse has kept diners coming with steak dinners priced around $20—including sides.

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