T-bone

American  

[tee-bohn] / ˈtiˌboʊn /

noun

1. a T-bone steak, a choice piece of beef with a conspicuous T -shaped bone.

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verb (used with object)

T-boned, T-boning

1. Informal to crash into the side of (a motor vehicle).

   The driver of the SUV drove through a red light and T-boned a city bus.

Etymology

Origin of T-bone

From the shape of the letter T + bone ( def. ); T-bone def. 1 was first recorded in 1930–35; T-bone def. 2 in 1965–70.

Compare meaning

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• T-bone vs. porterhouse

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

Alpine's Pierre Gasly, who finished third in Saturday's sprint, was a close friend of the Formula 2 driver Anthoine Hubert who was killed in a T-bone accident in the dry at Spa in 2019.

From BBC • Jul. 29, 2023

“I lift barbell plates. I eat T-bone steaks. I’m sweeter than a German chocolate cake. How much more of me can you take?“

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2023

Not counting his long hiatus during the pandemic, Arcie Walker has been cooking rib-eye and T-bone steaks at the Hoffbrau steakhouse in Austin for 40-some years.

From Washington Post • Aug. 1, 2022

His thigh and calf were sanded raw as a T-bone at the meat counter.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby