Steak

Definition: Steak

Steak

Noun

1. A slice of meat cut from the fleshy part of an animal or large fish.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "steak" was first used: 1440. (references)

Etymology: Steak \Steak\, noun. [from Old English expression steike, Icelandic steik, akin to Icelandic steikja to roast, stikna to be roasted or scorched, and English stick, the steak being broiled on spit. See Stick, transitive verb]. (references)

Literature

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Food

Alligator pear, apple; apple slump; artichoke; ashcake, griddlecake, pancake, flapjack; atole, avocado, banana, beche de mer, barbecue, beefsteak; beet root; blackberry, blancmange, bloater, bouilli, bouillon, breadfruit, chop suey; chowder, chupatty, clam, compote, damper, fish, frumenty, grapes, hasty pudding, ice cream, lettuce, mango, mangosteen, mince pie, oatmeal, oyster, pineapple, porridge, porterhouse steak, salmis, sauerkraut, sea slug, sturgeon ("Albany beef"), succotash, supawn, trepang, vanilla, waffle, walnut.

Crosswords: Steak

French (beefsteak, steak), French Canadian (steak), German (chuck, steak), Portuguese (steak), Tagalog (steak).

You know, I know this steak doesn't exist (The Matrix; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski)

I wanna slip my tube steak into your sister (Full Metal Jacket; writing credit: Gustav Hasford; Michael Herr)

Hopefully, remove the beer stains and steak residue (Miss Congeniality; writing credit: Marc Lawrence; Katie Ford)

It's called I'll Never Make Love to a Woman on the Beach Again, and it's proceeded by the award-winning short, No More Steak For Me, Ever (Con Air; writing credit: Scott Rosenberg)

One more and I get a set of steak knives (A Few Good Men; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin)

Maybe eat some steak with my beans and rice, a (Fantastic Voyage; performing artist: Coolio)

Leave a steak out the door, mi casa, su casa (Anything; performing artist: Jay-Z)

So she buys an instant cake and she burns her frozen steak (Mother's Little Helper; performing artist: The Rolling Stones)

Life lesson: Never lick a steak knife. (references; author: unknown)

No shark shares swordfish steak. (references; author: unknown)

Présentation ou Charlotte et son steak (1960)

Kangaroo Steak (1930)

Tube Steak (1989)

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References

• Ryan's Family Steak Houses Inc: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Steak N Shake Co.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Family Steak Houses of Florida, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• The 2000-2005 Outlook for Beef and Veal Steak in The Middle East (reference)

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Books

• A Steak in Murder (Hemlock Falls Mystery Series) (reference)

• A.1. Steak House Favorites (Better Homes and Gardens Test Kitchen) (reference)

• Bern's Steak House: Reflections & Recipes from a Remarkable Restaurant (reference)

• Chicken Fried Steak for the Soul: For Man Does Not Live by Biscuits Alone (reference)

• FAMILY STEAK HOUSES OF FLORIDA, INC.: Labor Productivity Benchmarks and International Gap Analysis [DOWNLOAD: ADOBE READER] (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Blackened Steak (reference)

• Steak Au Poivre (reference)

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Music

• Chicken Fried Steak (Clean) (reference)

• Steak (reference)

• Steak & Comedian Night (reference)

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Consumer Goods

• Henckels 8-Piece High-Carbon Stainless-Steel Gourmet Steak Knives with Block (reference)

• Henckels International Eversharp Pro 9-Piece Steak Knife Set with Block (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

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(1) color slide shows a cooked piece of steak on a plate. 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).

Caribou being butchered and skinned by Eskimo hunter at Leavitt Island Caribou steak that night and some for the dogs too!. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

To predict beef carcass composition, food technologist Steven Shackelford makes computerized images of steak samples. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Keith Weller..

Conversion. Food machinery plant. Cutting of spouts for anti-tank guns is the present work of this lathe, shown here at its former job--shaping of wooden rollers used with a belt control to carry steaks into the cube steak machine which is this New Englan. Credit: Library of Congress.

Emmy Banys, welder-trainee at General Motors' Eastern Aircraft Division in Linden, New Jersey, holds the forty-seven-cent Victory lunch which is served daily in the plant cafeteria. Including a small steak, two vegetables, salad, enriched breads, custard. Credit: Library of Congress.

Mrs. Roosevelt is served a Victory lunch on her visit to General Motors' Eastern Aircraft Division in Linden, New Jersey. Consisting of a small steak, two vegetables, salad, enriched breads, custard and a glass of milk, this highly nutritious lunch is pro. Credit: Library of Congress.

Young Negro wife cooking breakfast, outskirts of El Paso, Texas. "Do you suppose I'd be out on the highway cooking my steak if I had it good at home?" Occupations: hotel maid, cook, laundress. Credit: Library of Congress.

Waiter. Waiter with platter of steak I. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expressions using "steak": beef steak ♦ braising steak ♦ chopped steak ♦ club steak ♦ Delmonico steak ♦ fillet steak ♦ fish steak ♦ flank steak ♦ hamburg steak ♦ hamburger steak ♦ minute steak ♦ pepper steak ♦ peppered steak ♦ piece of steak ♦ porterhouse steak ♦ reconstituted steak ♦ round steak ♦ rump steak ♦ salisbury steak ♦ sirloin steak ♦ small steak ♦ steak and kidney pie ♦ steak au poivre ♦ steak hammer ♦ steak house ♦ steak knife ♦ steak sauce ♦ steak tartar ♦ steak tartare ♦ stewing steak ♦ strip steak ♦ swiss steak ♦ tartar steak ♦ underdone steak. Additional references.

Beginning with "steak": steak-and-kidney, steak-an'-kidney, steak-frites, steak-knife, steak-red, steak-with-everything.

Ending with "steak": beef-steak.

Containing "steak": rump-steak piece.

Afrikaans

kruisskyf (beefsteak). (various references)

Albanian

fetë mishi, biftekun, biftek (beefsteak). (various references)

Arabic 

‏لحم مفروم (hash, mincemeat), ‏ستيك شريحة من لحم البقر, ‏شريحة لحم (cutlet), ‏بفتيك (beefsteak). (various references)

Bemba

mutante. (various references)

Bulgarian 

бифтек (beefsteak). (various references)

Catalan

bistec. (various references)

Cebuano

hiniwang karne. (various references)

Chinese 

牛排 . (various references)

Cornish

golyth bowyn. (various references)

Czech

biftek (beefsteak), řízek (cutlet, filet, gudgeon, schnitzel, slice). (various references)

Danish

bøf (beefsteak). (various references)

Dutch

biefstuk (beefsteak), bief (beefsteak). (various references)

Esperanto

bifstekon, bifsteko (beefsteak). (various references)

Faeroese

búffur (beefsteak). (various references)

Farsi 

باریکه گوشت کبابی . (various references)

Finnish

pihvin, leike (cutting), grillattu pihvi. (various references)

French

bifteck (piece of steak). (various references)

French Canadian

steak. (various references)

Frisian

byf (beefsteak). (various references)

German

Steak (chuck), Beefsteak (beefsteak). (various references)

Greek 

μπριζόλα (chop, trinket). (various references)

Guarani

bife. (various references)

Haitian Creole

estek. (various references)

Hebrew 

אומצה (beefsteak), סטיק. (various references)

Hungarian

marhapecsenye, bifsztek (beefsteak). (various references)

Irish

stéig. (various references)

Italian

bistecca (beefsteak). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

スチレン樹脂 (stewardess, stool, styrene resin, Styrol). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ステーキ . (various references)

Kongo

nsuni a ngombe. (various references)

Korean 

스테이크. (various references)

Lombard

bistecca (beefsteak). (various references)

Macedonian

biftek. (various references)

Manx

stheag. (various references)

Norwegian

biff (beefsteak). (various references)

Papiamen

bistek (beefsteak), bifstek (beefsteak). (various references)

Pig Latin

eakstay.(various references)

Polish

befsztyk (beefsteak). (various references)

Portuguese

bife (beef, beef steak). (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian

bife. (various references)

Provencal

bistèc. (various references)

Romanian

biftec (beefsteak). (various references)

Russian 

бифштекс (beefsteak, leathery steak, porterhouse). (various references)

Samoan

fasipovi. (various references)

Scottish

colag (a small steak or collop). (various references)

Sepedi

nama ya kgomo. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

režanj ribe, režanj mesa, odrezak (chop, section, snip, snippet, stub), kotlet (chop, cutlet), biftek (beefsteak), šnicla (chop, schnitzel). (various references)

Spanish

biftec (beefsteak), bistec (beefsteak), bife (beefsteak), filete (cincture, filet, fillet, rumpsteak, slice, thread), bisté (beefsteak). (various references)

Swedish

stek (hitch, joint, roast, roast meat). (various references)

Tagalog

steak, bisték (beefsteak). (various references)

Turkish

biftek (beefsteak, rump steak), bíftek (beefsteak). (various references)

Ukrainian

шматок м'яса, біфштекс (beef steak). (various references)

Vietnamese 

miếng thịt để nướng, miếng cá để nướng. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "steak": steakhouse, steakhouses, steaks. (additional references)

Words ending with "steak": beefsteak. (additional references)

Words containing "steak": beefsteaks. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Steak" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: sataki, seka, setag, setka, Sevak, sgek, sheak, sleak, sqeak, stak, stea, steap, steaw, steck, steenk, steig, stek, sterk, stuka, Tsehai, tseuc, Zetek. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: skate, stake, takes, teaks.

-1 letter: ates, east, eats, etas, kaes, kats, keas, sake, sate, seat, seta, skat, take, task, teak, teas.

-2 letters: ask, ate, eat, eta, kae, kas, kat, kea, sae, sat, sea, set, ska, tae, tas, tea, tsk.

-3 letters: ae, as, at, es, et, ka, ta.

+1 letter: basket, casket, gasket, latkes, skated, skater, skates, staked, stakes, steaks, strake, streak, takers, tasked, tweaks.

+2 letters: anklets, auklets, backset, baskets, betakes, cakiest, caskets, dankest, darkest, flasket, gaskets, intakes, jackets, karates, kraters, lakiest, lankest, markets, mistake, packets, rackets, rankest, restack, retacks, retakes, setback, skaters, skatole, stacked, stacker, stalked, stalker, starker, straked, strakes, streaks, streaky, tackers, tackets, tackles, takahes, takeups, talkers, talkies, tankers, tsatske, uptakes, weakest.