T-bone steak

American  

[tee-bohn steyk] / ˈtiˌboʊn ˌsteɪk /

noun

1. a choice piece of beef with a conspicuous T -shaped bone, cut from the short loin and similar to a porterhouse but with a smaller portion of tenderloin.

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T-bone steak British  

noun

1. a large choice steak cut from the sirloin of beef, containing a T-shaped bone

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Etymology

Origin of T-bone steak

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

Ta’Kiya Young treated her two little boys like kings, dressing them sharply, letting them have too many sweets, cooking them big gourmet meals of T-bone steak with broccoli, cheese and rice.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 7, 2023

A T-bone steak was riding the uptown 1 train on the evening of July 5.

From New York Times • Aug. 22, 2021

"For me, there's nothing that beats a well done T-bone steak," he said.

From Reuters • Jul. 8, 2021

And then she'd take a really thick T-bone steak and put it over the fire.

From Salon • Jul. 3, 2021

There was a tradition back then of serving every Marine a T-bone steak, eggs and biscuits with lots of gravy, and as much coffee as he could drink before getting onto his landing craft.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac