steak
steak
Definition
steak (stāk)
noun
- a slice of meat, esp. beef, or of a large fish, cut thick for broiling or frying
- ground beef formed into a patty for broiling or frying
Etymology: ME steike < ON steik < base of steikja, to roast on a spit: for IE base see stick
steak
Synonyms
steak
n.
Cuts of steak include: filet mignon, tenderloin, porterhouse, sirloin, strip, Delmonico, rib, T-bone, New York, Kansas City, London broil, minute, chip, club, cube, flank, chuck, Salisbury, string, rump, shell, round;
steak
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- braise: Cayman's traditional national dish is turtle, served as soup, stew or braised turtle steaks.
- marinate: After the Yorkshire Pudding has been baking for 10 minutes drop the marinated steaks into the part baked batter.
- stew: Our stewing steak ( sliced or diced ) can be used with this method.
- sear: Meanwhile, grill or sear the tuna steak in a pan.
Adjective modifier
- grilled: Famous for their Stylized Bees logo our steak knife set is ideal for slicing through grilled steaks & chops.
- chargrilled: I chose a chargrilled tuna steak ( £ 11.50 ), which came with a small salad.
- juicy: In the mean time I thank the Lord for this juicy steak on my plate... .
- succulent: Hot smoked salmon steaks - rich, succulent steaks, one of our most popular buys.
- pan-fried: Flavored butters also enliven grills and pan-fried steaks and can be shaped into cylinders and frozen for use at a later date.
- char-grilled: Char-grilled steaks are just one of Simon's specialities amid a comprehensive menu and specials list featuring everything from wild boar to sea bass.
Modifies a noun
- tartare: A guide to the food trends of 2006 Published: 14 January 2006 Haven't heard of crab empanadas or Korean steak tartare?
- frites: A glass of wine at lunchtime with your steak frites, unthinkable in Southwark, is suddenly de rigueur.
- poivre: Food includes classic Greek dishes like meze and kleftiko as well as French favorites like steak au poivre.
- pie: He is currently working on perfecting his own steak pie, which he believes will be the best in Scotland!
Noun used with modifier
- sirloin: The gloriously named weeping tiger is a tasty sirloin steak flavored with lovely hot chili sauce.
- rump: Far from receiving rump steak; they were making a broth of the butcher's leftovers.
- filet: M: filet steak with pepper sauce; pasta dish of the day.
- tuna: Limit your weekly intake of tuna to two tuna steaks or four medium-sized cans of tuna.
- T-bone: Another interesting entry on the main menu is the T-bone steak, which came, of course, with boiled rice or chips.
- rib-eye: It wasn't expensive for central London: £ 12 for a very good rib-eye steak.
steak Quotes
Like a steak spread with butter and topped with good, rich, broiled eels.
Levin wanted friendship and got friendliness; he wanted steak and they offered spam.
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