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Tomato vs Beefsteak - What's the difference?

tomato | beefsteak |

As nouns the difference between tomato and beefsteak

is that tomato is a widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum, having edible fruit while beefsteak is a steak cut from beef cattle.

As a verb tomato

is to pelt with tomatoes.

tomato

English

(wikipedia tomato)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum , having edible fruit
  • The savory fruit of this plant, red when ripe, treated as a vegetable in horticulture
  • * Note: The US Supreme Court in Nix v. Hedden (1893) ruled that a tomato is a vegetable.
  • A shade of red, the colour of a ripe tomato.
  • (slang) A desirable-looking woman.
  • Lookit the legs on that hot tomato !
  • (slang) A stupid act or person.
  • Synonyms

    * * (obsolete)

    Derived terms

    {{der3, beef tomato , cherry tomato , plum tomato , tomato can , tomato juice , tomato paste , , tomato sauce , tomato soup , }}

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to pelt with tomatoes
  • to add tomatoes to (a dish)
  • English nouns with irregular plurals ----

    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.