steak

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /steɪk/

Noun

steak

1. beefsteak, a slice of beef, broiled or cut for broiling.
2. (by extension) A relatively large, thick slice or slab cut from another animal, a vegetable, etc.

   venison steak, bear steak, pork steak, turtle steak, salmon steak; cauliflower steak, eggplant steaks

3. (seafood) A slice of meat cut across the grain (perpendicular to the spine) from a fish.

Translations

• French: bifteck, steak
• German: Steak, Beefsteak, Lendenschnitte, Schnitte
• Italian: bistecca
• Portuguese: bife
• Russian: бифште́кс
• Spanish: bistec, bisté

Translations

• German: Steak
• Portuguese: filé
• Russian: стейк
• Spanish: filete

Verb

steak (steaks, present participle steaking; past and past participle steaked)

1. To cook (something, especially fish) like or as a steak.
   • 2000, Nick Karas, The Complete Book of Striped Bass Fishing, page 353:

     Really large bass can be treated as filets, as we mentioned earlier, or they can be steaked. If they are to be steaked, they should be cleaned like a bass to be baked, scaled, and the skin left in place.

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