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Webster 1913 Edition

Steak

Steak

(stāk)
,
Noun.
[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
,
Verb.
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 1828 Edition

Steak

STEAK

,
Noun.
[G., a piece.] A slice of beef or pork broiled, or cut for broiling. [As far as my observation extends, this word is never applied to any species of meat, except to beef and pork, nor to these dressed in any way except by broiling. Possible it may be used of a piece fried.]

Definition 2024

Steak

Steak

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German

Noun

Steak n ‎(genitive Steaks, plural Steaks)

  1. steak (slice of beef or meat of other animals)

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steak

steak

See also: Steak

English

steaks

Noun

steak ‎(plural steaks)

  1. A slice of beef, broiled or cut for broiling.
  2. (by extension) A slice of meat of other large animals; as venison steak, bear steak, pork steak, turtle steak, salmon steak.
    • 2013 July 26, Nick Miroff, “Mexico gets a taste for eating insects [… ]”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 32:
      The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters […] But the priciest items in the market aren't the armadillo steaks or even the bluefin tuna.

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Verb

steak ‎(third-person singular simple present steaks, present participle steaking, simple past and past participle steaked)

  1. To cook (something, especially fish) like or as a steak.
    • 2000, Nick Karas, The Complete Book of Striped Bass Fishing, page 353:
      Really large bass can be treated as filets, as we mentioned earlier, or they can be steaked. If they are to be steaked, they should be cleaned like a bass to be baked, scaled, and the skin left in place.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /steːk/

Etymology

From English steak.

Noun

steak m ‎(plural steaks, diminutive steakje n)

  1. steak

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French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowing from English steak.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /stɛk/

Noun

steak m ‎(plural steaks)

  1. steak (of meat or fish)

Pronunciation

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