Associations to the word «Porterhouse»

Wiktionary

PORTERHOUSE, noun. A public house where porter was sold; often also served steaks, chops etc
PORTERHOUSE, noun. A cut of beef taken from the thick end of the short loin; it has a T-shaped bone and a large piece of tenderloin; a porterhouse steak
PORTERHOUSE STEAK, noun. A porterhouse (meat)

Dictionary definition

PORTERHOUSE, noun. Large steak from the thick end of the short loin containing a T-shaped bone and large piece of tenderloin.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats