Associations to the word «Beefsteak»

Wiktionary

BEEFSTEAK, noun. (countable) (uncountable) (A) steak cut from beef cattle.
BEEFSTEAK, noun. (countable) The beefsteak plant, also known as perilla and shiso (Perilla frutescens var. crispa).
BEEFSTEAK, noun. (uncountable) the herb prepared from the leaves of the beefsteak plant.
BEEFSTEAK, noun. (countable) A beefsteak tomato.
BEEFSTEAK, noun. (countable) A beefsteak mushroom.
BEEFSTEAK, noun. (countable) (archaic): A celebratory dinner, commonly held in New York between about 1870 and 1940 involving the consumption of enormous quantities of broiled steak and beer.
BEEFSTEAK TOMATO, noun. (US) a type of large tomato
BEEFSTEAK TOMATOES, noun. Plural of beefsteak tomato

Dictionary definition

BEEFSTEAK, noun. A beef steak usually cooked by broiling.

Wise words

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