T-bone steak

American  

[tee-bohn steyk] / ˈtiˌboʊn ˌsteɪk /

noun

T-bone steaks plural

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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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• T-bone steaks
  plural

Etymology

Origin of T-bone steak

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

T-bone steak

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

He was going to get some dentures so he could enjoy a T-bone steak.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 29, 2017

Trashman loped past with a T-bone steak in his teeth.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer