Steak
[steɪk] or [stek]
Definition
(noun.) a slice of meat cut from the fleshy part of an animal or large fish.
Checker: Olga--From WordNet
Definition
(v. 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.
Checker: Marty
Definition
n. a slice of meat (esp. beef) broiled or for broiling.
Typist: Marion
Examples
- There was the meat-pie of which the youth had spoken so feelingly, and there were, moreover, a steak, and a dish of potatoes, and a pot of porter. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- At the field hospital they had the look of not too freshly ground hamburger steak. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The pigeons and the steak have been preserved raw in stoppered bottles since the 21st of last November and the eggs since the 4th of July, 1881. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- For instance eggs were beautifully preserved, and steak immersed in the solution did not become either mouldy or decomposed, but on the contrary appeared to retain its flavor. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- He looked at her, stirred his tea and took two or three gulps, then cut at his piece of hot steak with his case-knife, and said, eating: 'Now then. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I hope the steak may be beef, but I don't believe it. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- And now I am afraid Campbell will be here before there is time to dress a steak, and we have no butcher at hand. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- I meekly ordered a bit of fish and a steak, and stood before the fire musing on his obscurity. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I have got a stewed steak,--which is of home preparation,--and a cold roast fowl,--which is from the cook's-shop. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The practiced knights from Palestine made holyday sport of carving the awkward men-at-arms into chops and steaks. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- On this trip I tasted the first meat I had eaten since leaving Earth--large, juicy steaks and chops from the well-fed domestic animals of the farms. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
Checker: Seymour