Steak Meaning
/steɪk/Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounBeefsteak: a slice of beef, broiled or cut for broiling.
nounA relatively large, thick slice or slab cut from another animal, a vegetable, etc.
Sentence Examples
The steak is well done.
Eat up the steak and then you can have a candy.
CEFR Practice Quiz
For dinner, he grilled a juicy ____ seasoned with salt and pepper.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He ordered a large ____ with a side of roasted potatoes and a fresh garden salad for his birthday dinner.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English steike, from Old Norse steik (“roast; meat roasted on a stick”). The verb is either from the noun or from steikja (“to roast”). The modern pronunciation shows an irregular change of Early Modern English /ɛː/ to /eɪ/ in the standard language; contrast this with the development of other words such as speak and wreak.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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."
— 2013 July 26, Nick Miroff, “Mexico gets a taste for eating insects […] ”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 32:
"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."
— 2000, Nick Karas, The Complete Book of Striped Bass Fishing, page 353:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
For dinner, he grilled a juicy ____ seasoned with salt and pepper.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He ordered a large ____ with a side of roasted potatoes and a fresh garden salad for his birthday dinner.