steak

• POS: Noun

CIDE DICTIONARY

steak, n. [OE. steike, Icel. steik, akin to Icel. steikja to roast, stikna to be roasted or scorched, and E. stick, the steak being broiled on a spit. See Stick, v. t.].

 A slice of beef, broiled, or cut for broiling; -- also extended to the meat of other large animals; as, venison steak; bear steak; pork steak; turtle steak.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

steak, n.
1 a thick slice of meat (esp. beef) or fish, often cut for grilling, frying, etc.
2 beef cut for stewing or braising.

Idiom

steak-house a restaurant specializing in serving beefsteaks. steak-knife a knife with a serrated steel blade for eating steak.

Etymology

ME f. ON steik rel. to steikja roast on spit, stikna be roasted

THESAURUS

steak

London broil, Salisbury steak, T-bone steak, beefsteak, bifteck, chopped steak, club steak, cubed steak, fillet steak, flank steak, ground beef, ground chuck, ground round, hamburg, hamburg steak, hamburger, porterhouse steak, rib steak, round steak, rump steak, shell steak, sirloin steak, tenderloin steak