Steak
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steak 
[steyk] Pronunciation Key,
[steyk] Pronunciation Key, –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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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| steak
(stāk) Pronunciation Key
n.
[Middle English steike, from Old Norse steik; see steig- in Indo-European roots.] |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
steak
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
WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
| steak | |
noun | |
| a slice of meat cut from the fleshy part of an animal or large fish |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Steak
Steak\, n. [OE. steike, Icel. steik, akin to Icel. steikja to roast, stikna to be roasted or scorched, and E. stick, the steak being broiled on a spit. See Stick, v. t.] A slice of beef, broiled, or cut for broiling; -- also extended to the meat of other large animals; as, venison steak; bear steak; pork steak; turtle steak.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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