(n) South American plant having green to purple or red branches with green to purple ornamental foliage and spikes of insignificant woolly flowers with dry membranous bracts, Syn. beef plant, Iresine herbstii, Iresine reticulata

beefsteak tomato

(n) any of several large tomatoes with thick flesh

chopped steak

(n) a patty of ground cooked beef, Syn. chopsteak, chop steak, beef patty, hamburger steak

delmonico steak

(n) small steak from the front of the short loin of beef, Syn. club steak

fish steak

(n) cross-section slice of a large fish

flank steak

(n) a cut of beef from the flank of the animal

minute steak

(n) a thin steak that can be cooked quickly

pepper steak

(n) strips of steak sauteed with green peppers and onions

round steak

(n) a lean cut of beef from between the rump and the shank

rump steak

(n) a steak cut from the rump

salisbury steak

(n) ground beef patty usually with a sauce

sirloin steak

(n) a cut of beef from the sirloin

steak

(n) a slice of meat cut from the fleshy part of an animal or large fish

steak and kidney pie

(n) steak with sauteed kidneys and onions cooked in wine and stock then covered with pastry and baked

steak au poivre

(n) steak covered with crushed peppercorns pan-broiled and served with brandy-and-butter sauce, Syn. pepper steak, peppered steak

steakhouse

(n) a restaurant that specializes in steaks, Syn. chophouse

steak knife

(n) a sharp table knife used in eating steak

steak sauce

(n) pungent bottled sauce for steak

steak tartare

(n) ground beef mixed with raw egg and e.g. onions and capers and anchovies; eaten raw, Syn. cannibal mound, tartar steak

strip steak

(n) steak from upper part of the short loin, Syn. New York strip

swiss steak

(n) steak braised in tomato and onion mixture

t-bone steak

(n) small steak from the thin end of the short loin containing a T-shaped bone and small piece of tenderloin

gyromitra esculenta

(n) a poisonous gyromitra; the surface of the fertile body is smooth at first and becomes progressively undulating and wrinkled (but never truly pitted); color varies from dull yellow to brown, Syn. beefsteak morel, brain mushroom

porterhouse

(n) large steak from the thick end of the short loin containing a T-shaped bone and large piece of tenderloin, Syn. porterhouse steak

rex begonia

(n) any of numerous usually rhizomatous hybrid begonias derived from an East Indian plant having rough-textured leaves patterned in silver and bronze and purple and red-brown with inconspicuous flowers, Syn. painted-leaf begonia, beefsteak geranium, Begonia rex, king begonia

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Beefsteak

n. A steak of beef; a slice of beef broiled or suitable for broiling. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]