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steak

[steyk] ,
–noun
1. a slice of meat or fish, esp. beef, cooked by broiling, frying, etc.
2. chopped meat prepared in the same manner as a steak.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME steike < ON steik meat roasted on a stick
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steak   (stāk)   
n.  
  1. A slice of meat, typically beef, usually cut thick and across the muscle grain and served broiled or fried.

  2. A thick slice of a large fish cut across the body.

  3. A patty of ground meat broiled or fried.


[Middle English steike, from Old Norse steik; see steig- in Indo-European roots.]
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steak 
1440, "thick slice of meat cut for roasting," probably from O.N. steik "roast meat," cognate with steikja "to roast on a spit," and ultimately "something stuck" (on a spit); related to stick (v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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