Definition of 'steak'
Word forms: steaks
1. variable noun
2. countable noun
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steak in American English
noun
1.
a slice of meat, esp. beef, or of a large fish, cut thick for broiling or frying
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steak in American English
(steik)
noun
1.
a slice of meat or fish, esp. beef, cooked by broiling, frying, etc.
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Word origin
[1400–50; late ME steike ‹ ON steik meat roasted on a stick]Word Frequency
steak in British English
noun
1. See beefsteak
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Word origin
C15: from Old Norse steik roast; related to steikja to roast on a spit; see stick1Word Frequency
steak in Hospitality
(steɪk)
Word forms: (regular plural) steaks
noun (count) (noncount)
(Hospitality (hotel): Food and drink, meat)
A steak is a large flat piece of beef without much fat on it. You cook it by grilling or
frying it.
COLLOCATIONS: beef ~salmon ~
I'd like my beef steak very well done.
The steak is fried with onions and served with French fries and salad.
Our steaks come from cows bred on the local farm.
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steak
British English: steak
/steɪk/ NOUN
Steak is beef without much fat on it.
...a steak cooking on the grill.
- American English: steak /ˈsteɪk/
- Arabic: شَرِيحَةُ لَـحْم
- Brazilian Portuguese: bife
- Chinese: 牛排
- Croatian: odrezak
- Czech: biftek
- Danish: bøf
- Dutch: biefstuk
- European Spanish: bistec
- Finnish: pihvi
- French: steak
- German: Steak
- Greek: μπριζόλα
- Italian: bistecca
- Japanese: ステーキ
- Korean: 스테이크
- Norwegian: biff
- Polish: befsztyk
- European Portuguese: bife
- Romanian: friptură
- Russian: бифштекс
- Spanish: bistec
- Swedish: biff
- Thai: เนื้อสเต็ก
- Turkish: biftek
- Ukrainian: стейк
- Vietnamese: miếng thịt bò nạc
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