steak

CEFRA1

/steɪk/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A thick piece of meat cut from an animal.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A relatively large, thick slice or slab cut from another animal, a vegetable, etc.

Examples

  • Eat up the steak and then you can have a candy.

  • The steak is well done.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
2

Also pronounced

  • /stɛːk/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A slice of meat cut across the grain (perpendicular to the spine) from a fish.

  2. Beefsteak: a slice of beef, broiled or cut for broiling.

verb

Extra meaning

  1. To cook (something, especially fish) like or as a steak.

More examples

In context

  • venison steak, bear steak, pork steak, turtle steak, salmon steak; cauliflower steak, eggplant steaks

  • 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.

  • 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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Origin

noun

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.