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Beefsteak vs Steak - What's the difference?

beefsteak | steak |

Steak is a synonym of beefsteak.



As nouns the difference between beefsteak and steak

is that beefsteak is a steak cut from beef cattle while steak is a slice of beef, broiled or cut for broiling.

As a verb steak is

to cook (something, especially fish) like or as a steak.

beefsteak

English

(wikipedia beefsteak)

Noun

  • A steak cut from beef cattle.
  • The beefsteak plant, also known as perilla and shiso.
  • A beefsteak tomato.
  • A beefsteak mushroom.
  • (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.

    • steak

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A slice of beef, broiled or cut for broiling.
  • (label) A slice of meat of other large animals; as venison steak, bear steak, pork steak, turtle steak.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-26, author= Nick Miroff
    • , volume=189, issue=7, page=32, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Mexico gets a taste for eating insects […] , passage=The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters […]. But the priciest items in the market aren't the armadillo steaks or even the bluefin tuna.}}

    Synonyms

    * beefsteak

    Derived terms

    * steak and kidney pie

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cook (something, especially fish) like or as a steak.
  • * 2000 , Nick Karas, The Complete Book of Striped Bass Fishing , page 353:
    • Really large bass can be treated as filets, as we mentioned earlier, or they can be steaked'. If they are to be ' steaked , they should be cleaned like a bass to be baked, scaled, and the skin left in place.

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