Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Showing results for steakhouse. Search instead for steak house.

steakhouse

American  
[steyk-hous] / ˈsteɪkˌhaʊs /

noun

steakhouses plural
  1. a restaurant specializing in beefsteak.


steakhouse British  
/ ˈsteɪkˌhaʊs /

noun

  1. a restaurant that has steaks as its speciality

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

Etymology

Origin of steakhouse

First recorded in 1865–70; steak + house

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Phil Rizzuto would meet the moment by spending 10 minutes reviewing every single appetizer and side dish on the menu at the hotel steakhouse.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 23, 2026

Kelly’s Spa has become simply the spa, Duane’s Steakhouse is now just the steakhouse, and Casey’s Cupcakes, a hotel shop founded by Kelly’s daughter Casey Beau Brown, has closed.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 11, 2026

"You move here to be young; you don't move here to die and become old," says Emery, who's just finished dinner at a steakhouse down the street.

From BBC May 1, 2026

Meatloaf is the most underrated order in the steakhouse canon.

From Salon Mar. 11, 2026

The steakhouse, beige with red awnings, is in an outdoor mall with all the regular shops: American Eagle, Kayjewelers, and the like.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

Downtown has totally changed - small businesses were replaced by bespoke steakhouses, high-end retail chains and stores selling custom cowboy hats for tourists.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

But he says they have upped the ante, and have started booking these seminars at steakhouses.

From MarketWatch Jun. 12, 2026

Here is how three Chicago steakhouses are trying to square their costs:

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 28, 2025

Los Angeles and Las Vegas steakhouses, he believes, lean into the Rat Pack era of red leather booths and massive shrimp cocktails.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 31, 2025

Now, however, those opulent emblems are taking up real estate in more casual-dining rooms, from brasseries in Miami to steakhouses in Boston.

From Seattle Times Jul. 6, 2023

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 12,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training