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top round

American  

noun

  1. a cut of beef taken from inside the round, which is below the rump and above the upper leg.


Etymology

Origin of top round

First recorded in 1900–05

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She used beef chuck in her demo, but she’s also used top round or top sirloin roast.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 23, 2022

At Smarty Pants, the cut is top round, which gets a dry rub of herbs and spices Ptak declines to specify.

From Seattle Times Aug. 11, 2022

Food prices are rising and reverse-searing works great for other inexpensive thick cuts, such as top round, sirloin or picanha.

From New York Times May 14, 2022

Flores’s cecina beef — a long ribbon of beef sliced from top round — is a blast of concentrated flavor, at once salty and intense.

From Washington Post Jun. 22, 2017

He roweth until that he is come under a rock, wherein was a cave at top round and narrow and secure like as it were a little house.

From The High History of the Holy Graal by Evans, Sebastian

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