pastrami

(pə strä′mē)

noun

highly spiced smoked beef, esp. from a shoulder cut

Origin: E Yiddish pastrame < Pol bastramy, dried meat, ult. < Turk basdyrma

See pastrami in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. pas·tra·mis

A highly seasoned smoked cut of beef, usually taken from the shoulder.

Origin:

Origin: Yiddish pastrame

Origin: , from Romanian pastramă

Origin: , from păstra, to preserve

Origin: , from Vulgar Latin *parsitāre, to spare, save

Origin: , from parsus

Origin: , past participle of Latin parcere, to be thrifty with

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