Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)(A) steak cut from a cattle beast (e.g., cow, steer).

    Beefsteak

    бифште́ксbifštéks

    біфште́ксbifštéks

  2. Ellipsis of beefsteak plant, also known as perilla and shiso (Perilla frutescens var. crispa).

    (uncountable)The herb prepared from the leaves of the beefsteak plant.

  3. (archaic, countable)A celebratory dinner, commonly held in New York between about 1870 and 1940 involving the consumption of enormous quantities of broiled steak and beer.

More definitions
  • a beef steak usually cooked by broiling

Examples

5 sentences
  1. Last night we barbecued beefsteak and vegetables.

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  2. I really enjoyed the beefsteak you served, not to mention the other dishes.

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  3. The beefsteak tasted marvelous.

    ruБифштекс был превосходен на вкус.

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  4. This beefsteak smells good.

    ruЭтот бифштекс вкусно пахнет.

    deDieses Beefsteak riecht gut.

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  5. I will take the beefsteak.

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Translations

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Origin

From beef + steak. Doublet of bifshtek and bistek.

From beef + steak. Doublet of bifshtek and bistek.

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Forms

plural: beefsteaks
Singularbeefsteak
Pluralbeefsteaks

regular

Word family

4 related words

See also

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