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Definition: Beef |
BeefNoun1. Cattle that are reared for their meat. 2. Meat from an adult domestic bovine. 3. Informal terms for objecting; "I have a gripe about the service here". Verb1. Complain; "What was he hollering about?". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "beef" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
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Agriculture | An index of the weighted average annual price for beef cattle, excluding calves, for a 16 western state area as compared with a specific base period equal to 100. This index is used in calculating federal grazing fees. (cattle). (references) |
Dream Interpretation | If raw and bloody, cancers and tumors of a malignant nature will attack the subject. Be on your guard as to bruises and hurts of any kind. To see, or eat cooked beef, anguish surpassing human aid is before you. Loss of life by horrible means will occur. Beef properly served under pleasing surroundings denotes harmonious states in love and business, if otherwise, evil is foreboded, though it may be of a trifling nature. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Literature | Beef Ox The former is Norman, and the latter Saxon. The Normans had the cooked meat, and when set before them used the word they were accustomed to. The Saxon was the herdsman, and while the beast was under his charge called it by its Saxon name. "Old Alderman Ox continues to hold his Saxon title while he is under the charge of serfs and bondsmen; but becomes Beef, a fiery French gallant, when he arrives before the worshipful jaws that are destined to consume him."- Ivanhoe. Weaver's beef of Colchester, i.e. sprats, caught abundantly in the neighbourhood. (Fuller: Worthies.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Mining | A quarry worker's term, used originally in Purbeck, southern England, for thin, flat-lying veins or layers of fibrous calcite, anhydrite, gypsum, halite, or silica, occurring along bedding planes of shale, giving a resemblance to beef. It appears to be due to rapid crystallization inlenticular cavities. See also:bacon. (references) |
Slang | Verb/adjective. Source: It's from the actual word, beef, in the dictionary. . Definition: BEEF: a cow, steer, or bull raised to be meat. Context: They use this when talking about someone . Social Source: Break Dancers. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) |
| Noun. Source: The word comes from the actual word beef (red meat). Definition: A beef is another word for fight. Context: The word is slang and usually used on campus. A word known by college students in the area. Social Source: University of Oregon students. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) | |
Slang in 1811 | BEEF. To cry beef; to give the alarm. They have cried beef on us. Cant.--To be in a man's beef; to wound him with a sword. To be in a woman's beef; to have carnal knowledge of her. Say you bought your beef of me, a jocular request from a butcher to a fat. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Beef is meat obtained from a bovine, usually a steer rather than a cow. Cattle raised for beef are often allowed to roam free on grasslands. Beef is one of the more common meats used in European and North American cuisine. Beef is an important part of Tex-Mex cuisine. Beef production is also important in Argentina. Beef can be made into steak and ground into hamburger.
Beef is taboo in a number of religions, most notably Hinduism. Also, consumption of beef while not strictly taboo is also frowned upon by many Buddhists in East Asia.
In fact, according to research carried out by the Museum of London amongst Roman rubbish dumps in London, it seems that the English acquired their first taste of roast beef from the Roman miliraty as the city expanded under their occupation. Despite this, it seems not to have become popular amongst the population in general until the Middle Ages or later, and only became a 'national caricature' in the 18th century. (Observer Aug 6, 2000). Despite this image, England today has more vegetarians and semi-vegetarians, in percentage terms, than any other Western country.
There is also a (much parodied) song called The Roast Beef of Old England.Roast Beef
In Europe, the English are particularly associated with beef-eating, which is why the French call them les rosbifs (roast beefs).
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Beef."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
BEEF | English | Business and engineering enriched FORTRAN | Computing |
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Synonyms: BeefSynonyms: beef cattle (n), bitch (n), boeuf (n), kick (n), bellyache (v), gripe (v), grouse (v), holler (v), squawk (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Food | Beef, bisquit, bun; cornstarch; cookie, cooky; cracker, doughnut; fatling; hardtack, hoecake, hominy; mutton, pilot bread; pork; roti, rusk, ship biscuit; veal; joint, piece de resistance, roast and boiled; remove, entremet; releve, hash, rechauffe, stew, ragout, fricassee, mince; pottage, potage, broth, soup, consomme, puree, spoonmeat; pie, pasty, volauvent; pudding, omelet; pastry; sweets; kickshaws; condiment. |
Imbecility Folly | Weak headed, addle headed, puzzle headed, blunder headed, muddle headed, muddy headed, pig headed, beetle headed, buffle headed, chuckle headed, mutton headed, maggoty headed, grossheaded; beef headed, fat witted, fat-headed. |
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Screenplays | This little piddy had roast beef, and this little piddy had none (Who Framed Roger Rabbit; writing credit: Gary K. Wolf; Jeffrey Price) If you hurry home we can have dinner together. I'm making beef stew (Terminator 2: Judgment Day; writing credit: James Cameron; William Wisher Jr.) God, Meg, you've got a lot of beef. Where did you get all this beef (Twister; writing credit: Michael Crichton; Anne-Marie Martin) Corn beef should not be blue (Manhattan; writing credit: Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman. Starring Woody Allen as Isaac Davis and Diane Keaton as Mary Wilke.) Some fresh meat will be nice after that dried up beef jerky that calls herself Hunter (Grosse Pointe; writing credit: Amy Engelberg; Wendy Engelberg) | |
Lyrics | When I was young, me and my mama had beef (Dear Mama; performing artist: 2Pac) But when the brother called the crib with beef (No More; performing artist: Ruff Endz) Going to get a big dish of beef chow mein (Werewolves of London; performing artist: Warren Zevon; writing credit: LeRoy P. Marinell, Waddy Wachtel and Warren Zevon) | |
Clever | What's the difference between roast beef and pea soup? Anyone can roast beef. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Beef (2003) Big Beef at the O.K. Corral (1974) Canada: Beef Cattle (1963) Beef for and After (1962) The Big Beef (1945) | |
Song Titles | Got Beef (performing artist: Tha Eastsidaz) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | (3) color slides show beef and beans and cheese on a bed of tortilla chips. Credit: Renee Comet (photographer). |  | Shown is marinated beef steak with potato vegetable salad. Choose lean cuts of meat and trim all fat. Serve fruit for dessert. Potato salad can be made with low fat dressing instead of mayonnaise. This was a poster in the "Healthy Eating Tips" series. See artwork: PV-30. Credit: Len Rizzi (photographer). |
 | Beef cattle operation practices prescribed grazing in Columbia County, WI. Credit: Bob Nichols. |  | Brian Pilsbury, NRCS grazing specialist, works with Columbia County, WI landowner. Beef cattle rotational grazing. Credit: Bob Nichols. |
 | Beef bull. Credit: USDA. |  | Herd of beef cattle belonging to Rev. Otha Johnson on his farm near Hattisburg, MS. Credit: USDA. |
 | Nelore breed of beef cattle in Itapebi County of Bahia, Brazil. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |  | Technician Brooke Balsam prepares ground beef for fat analysis. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Jack Dykinga.. |
 | To predict beef carcass composition, food technologist Steven Shackelford makes computerized images of steak samples. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Keith Weller.. |  | Soil scientists Harry Pionke (left) and Ron Schnabel examine a switchgrass stand. Relatively small buffer areas not only can protect nearby streams from agricultural pollutants, but also provide habitat for ground-nesting birds and forage for beef cattle. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |
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 | Yahoo; cowboy; cattle; horse; horseback riding; horseback; cows; beef; ranch; ranchers. |
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A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | You may be an undigested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese, a fragment of an underdone potato |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Before this, and for a long time before, he had given up the two eggs and the bit of beef which he used to eat from time to time |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | IITYWYBAD? Down at one end the cooking plates, pots of stew, potatoes, pot roast, roast beef, gray roast pork waiting to be sliced |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | Their mutton yields to ours, but their beef is excellent |
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Health | Cook all ground beef and hamburger thoroughly. (references) | |
Cook poultry, ground beef, and eggs thoroughly before eating. (references) | ||
Thoroughly cook beef and beef products, especially hamburger. (references) | ||
Business | Since 1989, the EU has prohibited importation of beef from cattle treated with growth hormones. (references) | |
Most of the population in the West Bank and Gaza is Moslem, therefore pork is forbidden, however chicken, beef, turkey and lamb are consumed by most Palestinians. (references) | ||
Poultry meat production is the second most important meat commodity next to beef. Dairy farming covers the whole of South Africa with the main concentration in the Vaal Triangle. (references) | ||
Economic History | Mauritius | Many Hindu Mauritians do not eat beef. (references) |
Korea | So there are no more quotas or restrictions on beef. (references) | |
Belarus | Dairy and beef cattle, pigs, and chickens are raised. (references) | |
Political Economy | CHILE | Chile's unique beef grading and labeling requirements effectively preclude imports of U.S. beef. (references) |
AUSTRIA | The EU ban on beef imports from cattle treated with hormones severely restricts U.S. exports of beef to Austria. (references) | |
HONDURAS | These vary over time, but at present include cement, sugar, rice from southeastern Asia, and beef from South America. (references) | |
Trade | Luxembourg | American-raised beef treated with hormones also may not be imported under EU regulations. (references) |
Germany | Beef: The EU beef market is largely insulated from the world market by high import duties on most products. (references) | |
Germany | Under the Uruguay Round Agreement, the EU duty on beef livers (which was seven percent in 1994) was eliminated on July 1, 2000. (references) | |
Travel | Qatar | Chicken and beef are also widely available. (references) |
Guyana | Chicken, beef and excellent seafood are available. (references) | |
Egypt | The primary meat products are chicken, beef and lamb. (references) | |
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Jon Stewart | That's what I'm saying, because you know our government goes away, meat will still be inspected, to a certain extent. Maybe not pork, maybe they are just going with beef, maybe chicken, maybe turkey, maybe they pick one meat. It is a shadow government. |
Julia Child | I think a lot of us get into a terrible meat rut. It's always steaks, chops, saddle of lamb, beef Wellington or hamburgers. |
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| "Beef" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.74% of the time. "Beef" is used about 1,515 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.74% | 1,511 | 5,398 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 0.13% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.13% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,515 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| USA | Western Beef, Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "beef": baron of beef ♦ beef about ♦ beef about smth. ♦ beef Bourguignonne ♦ beef broth ♦ beef burrito ♦ beef cattle ♦ beef cysticercosis ♦ beef fondue ♦ beef goulash ♦ beef headed ♦ beef jerky ♦ beef loin ♦ beef man ♦ beef measles ♦ beef neck ♦ beef olive ♦ beef olives ♦ beef on the hoof ♦ beef patty ♦ beef plant ♦ beef roast ♦ beef steak ♦ beef stew ♦ beef stock ♦ beef Stroganoff ♦ beef tallow ♦ beef tapeworm ♦ beef tea ♦ beef tenderloin ♦ beef tongue ♦ beef up ♦ beef wellington ♦ belgian beef stew ♦ boiled beef ♦ boiled beef with trimmings ♦ braised beef ♦ brisket of beef ♦ bully beef ♦ Cheek of beef ♦ chilled beef ♦ chipped beef ♦ corn beef ♦ corned beef ♦ corned beef hash ♦ cured beef ♦ cut of beef ♦ dead beef attack ♦ extract of beef ♦ feet of beef ♦ fillet of beef ♦ ground beef ♦ horse beef ♦ Hung beef ♦ jerked beef ♦ mess beef ♦ prime beef ♦ roast beef ♦ roast beef plant ♦ round of beef ♦ salt beef ♦ shin of beef ♦ side of beef ♦ swedish beef stew ♦ To collar beef. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "beef": beef-and-kidney, beef-booze-no, beef-cake, beef-dairy, beef-dumping, beef-exporting, beef-faced, beef-fattening, beef-filled, beef-flavoured, beef-free, beef-head, beef-heart, beef-hearted, beef-it-up, beef-producing, beef-rearing, beef-steak, beef-tea, beef-up, Beef-witted, beef-wood. | |
Ending with "beef": corned-beef, roast-beef. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
beef | 1,387 | beef brisket recipe | 117 |
beef jerky | 852 | ground beef | 98 |
ground beef recipe | 716 | beef o bradys | 97 |
beef recipe | 639 | beef rib | 93 |
beef dish | 581 | beef recipe rib | 89 |
beef jerky recipe | 417 | 50 beef cent ja rule | 89 |
beef stroganoff | 335 | beef broccoli | 82 |
beef gay | 325 | make beef jerky | 81 |
beef stew | 247 | beef broccoli recipe | 77 |
roast beef recipe | 241 | beef tenderloin | 77 |
cut of beef | 238 | beef wheres | 76 |
beef cattle | 226 | beef marinade | 74 |
beef stew recipe | 226 | beef tenderloin recipe | 73 |
kobe beef | 211 | italian beef recipe | 68 |
roast beef | 205 | beef mongolian | 67 |
beef stroganoff recipe | 169 | barbecue beef | 67 |
beef brisket | 165 | prime beef | 66 |
corned beef | 129 | beef price | 65 |
omaha beef | 126 | angus beef | 64 |
beef wellington | 118 | beef mongolian recipe | 62 |
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| Language | Translations for "beef"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | beesvleis. (various references) | |
Albanian | mish lope. (various references) | |
Arabic | لحم بقر, قوة عضلية, عضلي (muscle bound, muscular), عضلات (sinew, thews), ثور (bovine, bull, ferment, fire, heat, ox, ramp, rampage, rebel, revolt, revolutionize, rise, set against, steer, storm, take the bit in one's hands), شكوى (claim, complaint, grievance, grouse, lawsuit, miserere, plaint, protest, railing, representation), شكا (complain, fuss, gripe, grouch, grouse, grudge, grumble, pity, plain, repine, squeal, wail, whimper, yell), بقرة لحم بقرى. (various references) | |
Bemba | inama. (various references) | |
Blackfoot | pikkiáákssin. (various references) | |
Breton | kig-bevin (beef meat). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | роптая (repine), говеждо месо (red meat), говедо (neat, ox), мускули (sinews, thews). (various references) | |
Cebuano | karneng baka. (various references) | |
Chamorro | katnen guaka. (various references) | |
Chinese | 牛肉 . (various references) | |
Cornish | kýk bowyn. (various references) | |
Czech | svaly (muscles), hovìzí maso, hovìzí (bovine), špek (blubber). (various references) | |
Danish | oksekød. (various references) | |
Dutch | rundvlees, klapstuk (sensation). (various references) | |
Ecuadorian Quechua | huacra aicha. (various references) | |
Esperanto | bovaĵo. (various references) | |
Faeroese | bøf. (various references) | |
Farsi | پرواری کردن وذبح کردن , گوشت گاو, تقویت کردن (Augment, Bolster, Corroborate, Edify, Encourage, Fort, Rally, Reinforce, Relay, Sustain, Undergird, Uphold), شکوه وشکایت کردن (Creak). (various references) | |
Finnish | naudanliha. (various references) | |
French | b"uf. (various references) | |
Frisian | kowefleis, kofleis. (various references) | |
German | Rindfleisch, meckern (bitch, bleat, gripe, grouse, moan, nag, nagging, niggling, to bitch, to grouse), speck (bacon, bacon fat, blubber, fat, flab), Rind (bovine, bovine animal, cattle, cow). (various references) | |
Greek | βοδινό κρέασ, βοδινό κρέας, βοδινό, παράπονο (complaint, grievance, plaint, plaintiveness, whine), παραπονιέμαι (complain, grumble about). (various references) | |
Guarani | vaka. (various references) | |
Hawaiian | mish lope. (various references) | |
Hebrew | בשר בקר. (various references) | |
Hungarian | marhahús (red meat). (various references) | |
Icelandic | nautakjöt. (various references) | |
Indonesian | mengomel (mumble), daging sapi. (various references) | |
Inuktitut | niqilarik. (various references) | |
Irish | mairteoil. (various references) | |
Italian | manzo (bumpkin, clodhopper, steer). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 牛肉 , 牛肉 , 'ンディー語 (beach, beach coat, beach house, beach parasol, beach umbrella, beach volleyball, beach wear, beacon, beads, beagle, beaker, beam, beam antenna, beam rider, beast, beat, beat generation, Beatles, beaver, bee, beefalo, beefsteak, beep, beer, beet, Hindi, Hindustan, hint, Venus, virus, viva). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ぎゅうにく, "ーフ . (various references) | |
Kongo | mbizi a ngombe. (various references) | |
Korean | 기. (various references) | |
Macedonian | govedsko. (various references) | |
Malagasy | kitoza (dried beef). (various references) | |
Manx | feill vart. (various references) | |
Maori | miiti kau. (various references) | |
Norwegian | oksekjøtt. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eefbay.(various references) | |
Polish | wołowina. (various references) | |
Portuguese | carne de vaca, carne (flesh, meat). (various references) | |
Provencal | buòu. (various references) | |
Romanian | bou (blockhead, Bullock, mutt, neat, ox, stick), forţã muscularã, carne de vitã. (various references) | |
Romany | gooroovanò. (various references) | |
Ruanda | inyama yinka. (various references) | |
Russian | говядина. (various references) | |
Samoan | povi (cow). (various references) | |
Sepedi | pifi. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | ojačati (become stronger, build up, fortify, grow strong, grow stronger, invigorate, strengthen), juneće meso, govedina, goveđi (bovine). (various references) | |
Slovene | govedino. (various references) | |
Spanish | carne de vaca (stewing steak). (various references) | |
Sranan | kawmeti. (various references) | |
Swazi | í-nyama yénkhomó. (various references) | |
Swedish | nötkött, oxkött. (various references) | |
Tagalog | karné ng baka. (various references) | |
Tahitian | pua'atoro. (various references) | |
Thai | เนื้อวัว, กำลังกล้ามเนื้อ, การบ่น (grumble). (various references) | |
Turkish | yakınmak (belly, bemoan, complain, gripe, grizzle, grouch, grumble, kick, rail, repine), yakınma (complaint, grievance, gripe, grumble, jeremiad, kick, plaint, remonstrance), sigir etí, sızlanmak (belly, bemoan, complain, gripe, grizzle, groan, grunt, kick, squeal, whimper, whine), sızlanma (complaining, crab, gripe, groan, growl, whimper, whine), sığır eti, kuvvet (command, dint, energy, exponent, force, lustiness, main, might, pith, potency, power, punch, robustness, sinew, stamina, strength, thews, vigor, vigour, vinegar, vis, zing), kas gücü (brawn, muscle, sinew), et (flesh, meat, pulp), şikâyet (complaint, delation, grievance, information, plaint, remonstrance, squawk), şıkâyet etmek, adale (muscle, myo-). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | суперечка (contest, controversy, debate, disagreement, ergotism, spar, sparring, tussle, variance, words), скарга (appeal, belly ache, bill, complaint, gravamen, grievance, information, libel, moan, peeve, quarrel), скаржитися (belch, complain, grumble, natter, pine, wail, yammer), яловичина, віл (neat, nowt, ox, stag), нарікати (appellate, baptize, belly ache, grumble), м'ясо (bossy, flesh, meat), м'ясна туша, мускульна сила (brawn), бурчати (begrudge, buzz, carp, croak, groan, grouch, growl, grunt, mutter, nag, natter, rumble, scold), бичок (chub, goby). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | thịt bò ướp (bully beef), thịt ướp muối (salt beef, salt junk, salt-horse), ngu như bò (beef-witted), ngu đần (beef-witted, boeotian, dense, doltish, dull, dully, mutton-headed, nitwitted, stupid, witless), nước thịt bò hầm (beef tea). (various references) | |
Welsh | biff, eidion (ox), cig eidion. (various references) | |
Yucatec | u bak'el wakax. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | bubulae. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "beef": beefalo, beefaloes, beefalos, beefcake, beefcakes, beefeater, beefeaters, beefed, beefier, beefiest, beefily, beefing, beefless, beefs, beefsteak, beefsteaks, beefwood, beefwoods, beefy. (additional references) | |
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"Beef" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: abef, Baif, bauf, beaf, beauf, beeb, beec, beeem, Beefe, beeg, beem, beev, beew, beey, beez, bef, befa, beff, Befu, benef, Benefo, beue, beuf, Beuve, bexe, bief, bife, bleaf, bleef, boaf, boef, bofe, breaf, breef, Breefe, bref, bufe, Busefi, Byeee, ceef, ebec, geef, jeef, Neef, qef, xef, zeef. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "beef" (pronounced bē"f) |
| 2 | -ē" f | belief, brief, chief, debrief, disbelief, fief, grief, Keef, kief, leaf, lief, massif, motif, reef, Reif, relief, Seif, Sharif, sheaf, thief. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-e-f" | |
-1 letter: bee, fee. | |
-2 letters: be, ef. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-e-f" | |
+1 letter: beefs, beefy. | |
+2 letters: beefed, befell, beflea, before, befret, belief, bereft, feeble, feebly, webfed. | |
+3 letters: beefalo, beefier, beefily, beefing, befleas, befleck, befrets, beliefs, benefic, benefit, bigfeet, briefed, briefer, debrief, effable, febrile, feebler, feedbag, feedbox, fibered, flambee, forebye, freebee, freebie, frisbee, webfeet. | |
+4 letters: afebrile, balefire, bedeafen, bedframe, beefalos, beefcake, beefiest, beefless, beefwood, befallen, befinger, befitted, befleaed, beflecks, beflower, befogged, befooled, befouled, befouler, befriend, befringe, befuddle, begulfed, belfried, belfries, benefice, benefits, briefers, briefest, buffered, buffeted, buffeter, clubfeet, debriefs, enfeeble, faceable, feasible, feeblest, feeblish, feedable, feedback, feedbags, fellable, fencible, fiberize, fileable, fineable, fireable, firebase, flambeed, fleabane, fleabite, flexible, forebear, forebode, freebase, freebees, freebies, freeboot, freeborn, frisbees, rebuffed, reefable, unbelief. | |
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