steakn.
/steɪk/, U.S. /steɪk/ 1.
a. A thick slice or strip of meat cut for roasting by grilling or frying, sometimes used in a pie or pudding; esp. a piece cut from the hind quarters of the animal; when used without qualification = beef-steak n.; also with qualifying word indicating the part from which it is cut, as rump steak, sirloin steak, or specifying how it should be cooked, as stewing steak (meat from a less tender cut: see stewing n. Compounds).
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the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > cut or piece of meat > [noun] > slice or strip of meat
randc1330
steak1530
collop1577
stroke1581
sticking draught1688
scallop1723
fillet1725
cut1770
escalope1828
c1420 Two Cookery Bks. 3 To make stekys of venysoun or Beef.
1426 J. Lydgate tr. G. de Guileville Pilgrimage Life Man 12802 Now to ffrye, now steykës make, And many other soteltes.
c1450 Douce MS. 55 xvij Take feyre moton of the buttes & kutt it in maner of stekes.
c1500 King & Hermit in M. M. Furrow Ten 15th-cent. Comic Poems (1985) 262 Fyll þis eft and late vs lyke [read layke], And betwen rost vs a styke [read steyke].
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 275/2 Steke of flesshe, charbonnee.
a1644 F. Quarles Shepheards Oracles (1646) iv. 39 You can convert a dish Of Steakes to Roots.
1735 W. Pardon Dyche's New Gen. Eng. Dict. Stake,..a small Slice of Meat to be broiled before or on the Fire, when a Person cannot or will not stay till a regular Joint is boiled or roasted, &c.
1747 H. Glasse Art of Cookery i. 6 To Broil Steaks... Take fine Rump Steaks about Half an Inch thick [etc.].
1747 H. Glasse Art of Cookery i. 6 As to Mutton and Pork Steaks, you must keep them turning quick on the Gridiron.
1747 H. Glasse Art of Cookery ii. 16 Cut a Neck of Veal into Steaks.
1842 Ld. Tennyson Will Waterproof's Monologue in Poems (new ed.) II. 189 How out of place she makes The violet of a legend blow Among the chops and steaks!
1846 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) iv. 26 Uncle Sol and his nephew were speedily engaged on a fried sole with a prospect of steak to follow.
b. A thick slice (of cod, salmon, halibut, or hake).
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the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > seafood > [noun] > fish > cuts or parts of fish
jowlc1430
randa1432
poll1526
tailpiece1601
cod sound1699
fillet1725
shark-fin1793
skate-rumple1823
steak1883
flitch1884
shark's fin1933
toro1971
1883 Standard 30 Nov. 2/2 ‘G. S. C.'s’ Fishmonger charged 10d. per lb. for his best cod steaks.
c. transferred and figurative. Now rare or Obsolete.
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1607 T. Middleton Phoenix sig. C3v Is that your Lackey yonder, in the steakes of veluet.
1608 T. Middleton Your Fiue Gallants sig. F4v Bun. You must not thinke to tread ath ground when you come there.—Go. No, how then? Bun. Why vpon paths made of fig-frailes, & white blankets cut out in steakes.
a1626 J. Fletcher & W. Rowley Maid in Mill iv. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Cccc/1 Bust. Safe? do you hear? take notice what plight you find me in, if there want but a collop or steak o' me, look to't.
1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 44 Their Malvezzi that can cut Tacitus into slivers and steaks.
1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 5th Bk. Wks. xvi. 73 With this he lugg'd out his slashing Cutlas..to cut the cousening Varlets into Stakes.
2. Similative uses.† a. sea steak n. (See quot. 1798) Obsolete. [Compare stick n.2 5]
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the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > seafood > [noun] > fish > cured fish > salted or pickled fish
pickle-herring1463
round shore-herring1469
split herring1469
white herring1469
white-salted herring1469
ling fish1489
pickled herring?1577
mudfish1600
old ling1600
sea-stick1604
cor1624
crux-herrings1641
red fish1728
dunfish1746
sea steak1798
caveach1822
fair maid1823
dun codfish1839
crape-fish1856
black herring1883
rollmop1892
schmaltz herring1912
stink-fish1913
stinking fish1935
Spithead pheasant1948
1798 Rep. Herring Fisheries in Rep. Committees Ho. Comm. (1803) X. 215/2 Sea Steaks, which mean Herrings in their first state of being barrelled.
b. two-eyed steak (slang): see quot. 1894.
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the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > seafood > [noun] > fish > cured fish > smoked fish
red herringa1399
bloat herringa1586
fumade1599
sore1600
Yarmouth capona1661
kipper1769
finnana1774
Norfolk capon1785
bukkama1805
soldier1811
bloater1832
Yarmouth bloater1832
finnie haddie1851
Californian1873
smoky1891
two-eyed steak1893
finney1906
buckling1909
lox1937
nova1964
1893 J. S. Farmer Slang at Glasgow Magistrate Two-eye'd steak.
1894 Daily News 4 Sept. 5/2 Mr. George Augustus Sala writes to say ‘a two-eyed steak’ is a red herring or bloater cut open—otherwise a ‘kippered’ herring.
c. Hamburg steak n. a dish composed of flat balls of meat like fillets, made of chopped lean beef, mixed with beaten eggs, chopped onions and seasoning, and fried. Cf. Hamburger n. 2.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > meat dishes > [noun] > hamburger
quarter-pounder1847
Hamburg steak1884
Hamburger1889
Salisbury steak1897
cheeseburgerc1930
nutburger1934
Wimpy1935
burger1939
lamburger1939
beefburger1940
sausage-burger1942
Sloppy Joe1942
turtleburger1946
mooseburger1948
jumboburger1959
Big Mac1969
soy burger1973
slider1974
soya burger1974
1884 Boston Jrnl. 16 Feb. 2/2 We take a chicken and boil it. When it is cold we cut it up as they do meat to make Hamburg steak.
1892 Encycl. Cookery I. 117/2 Fried Hamburg Steak served with Russian Sauce.
1951 Good Housek. Home Encycl. 502/2 Hamburg steak, a fried or baked flat cake of freshly minced seasoned steak, very popular in the United States.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
a.
steak dinner n.
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the world > food and drink > food > meal > [noun] > main meal or dinner
mealeOE
dinnerc1325
dinea1425
Christmas dinner1581
Sunday dinner1602
corporation dinner1732
Russian dinner1805
boiled dinner1823
pickup1848
Robin Dinner1877
course-dinner1895
shore dinner1895
din-din1905
gala dinner1934
TV dinner1952
working dinner1956
steak dinnera1964
a1964 C. Whitney in D. Macarthur Reminiscences viii. 271 We were seated and served a steak dinner.
1979 Tucson (Arizona) Citizen 20 Sept. 8 c/1 About 2,000 steak dinners will be served.
steak-meat n.
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1901 Westm. Gaz. 27 Dec. 2/3 We bought..a pound of beef (it must be steak meat) for our black eyes.
steak pie n.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > pastry > pie > [noun] > meat-pie
rafiolea1425
shred-pie1573
Florentine1579
marrowbone pie1595
marrow pie1598
meat pie1607
mutton pie1607
olive pie1615
venison piea1616
flesh-pie1616
veal (and ham) piea1625
godiveau1653
lumber-pie1656
mermaid pie1661
umble-pie1663
humble piea1665
trotter-pie1693
stump pie1695
mugget pie1696
pot-pie1702
squab-pie1708
pork pie1723
steak pie1723
Perigord pie1751
pasticcio1772
fidget pie1790
muggety pie1800
numble pie1822
Florentine pie1823
pastilla1834
kidney-pie1836
beef-steak pie1841
stand pie1872
Melton Mowbray1875
timbale1880
pâté en croûte1929
tourtière1953
growler1989
1723 J. Nott Cook's & Confectioner's Dict. sig. Kk2 (heading) To make a Stake-Pye.
1791 J. Woodforde Diary 8 Aug. (1927) III. 291 We did our best and gave them some Beans and Bacon..Stake Pye and a Codlin Pudding.
1930 H. Burke Cookery Bk. 103 Steak Pie. Follow the Steak and Kidney Pie recipe, omitting the kidney.
1981 ‘M. Yorke’ Hand of Death xiv. 121 He went home to the steak pie Nancy had prepared.
steak piece n.
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1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 171 The plan of cutting the line between..the rump and aitch-bone in the hind quarter, lays open the steak-pieces to better advantage.
steak pudding n.
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1747 H. Glasse Art of Cookery vii. 69 A Stake-Pudding.
steak sandwich n.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > bread with spread or filling > [noun] > sandwich > other sandwiches
cheese sandwich1828
bacon sandwich1858
cucumber sandwich1896
club sandwich1903
western sandwich1908
Reuben sandwich1927
poor boy1931
po' boy1932
hero1938
hero sandwich1939
foot-long1941
steak sandwich1941
sub1948
sub sandwich1948
submarine1949
BLT1952
panini1955
tuna sandwich1957
hoagie1967
muffuletta1967
gyro1971
PBJ1971
stotty1971
Philadelphia cheesesteak1977
Philly cheesesteak1982
banh mi1985
1941 B. Schulberg What makes Sammy Run? v. 85 Sammy had his mouth full of..steak sandwich?
1979 J. van de Wetering Maine Massacre ix. 123 Would you like a sandwich? A steak sandwich?
b. In names of implements for beating raw steak to make it tender.
steak-beater n. (Simmonds Dict. Trade 1858).
steak-crusher n.
steak hammer n.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > [noun] > meat hammer
steak hammer1934
tenderizer1958
1934 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Steak hammer.
1974 Habitat Catal. 8 1/3 Wooden steak hammer with a square toothed head knocks coarser cuts of steak into succulent shape.
steak-masher n. (E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. 1875).
c. In names of restaurants or other eating-places serving mainly beefsteak.
steak bar n.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating place > [noun] > eating-house or restaurant > other eating-houses
ordinary1590
chop-house1699
porterhouse?1730
steak house1762
beef-house1807
rotisserie1825
fish-shop1826
supper tavern1841
supper house1855
supper room1858
grill-room1883
teetotum1891
grill1896
bar and grill1903
corner-house1912
bistro1922
roadhouse1922
hot doggery1923
rosticceria1930
dinette1940
British Restaurant1941
drive-through1949
drive-up1956
sobaya1958
carvery1962
ouzeri1964
crêperie1967
steak restaurant1970
sushiya1970
steak bar1971
buka1972
kopitiam1979
bukateria1980
churrascaria1981
parrilla1981
Indian1982
theme pub1983
parrillada1984
restobar1992
1971 Guardian 10 June 7/8 Fire damaged a kitchen, restaurant, and steak bar in..Hull yesterday.
steak house n.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating place > [noun] > eating-house or restaurant > other eating-houses
ordinary1590
chop-house1699
porterhouse?1730
steak house1762
beef-house1807
rotisserie1825
fish-shop1826
supper tavern1841
supper house1855
supper room1858
grill-room1883
teetotum1891
grill1896
bar and grill1903
corner-house1912
bistro1922
roadhouse1922
hot doggery1923
rosticceria1930
dinette1940
British Restaurant1941
drive-through1949
drive-up1956
sobaya1958
carvery1962
ouzeri1964
crêperie1967
steak restaurant1970
sushiya1970
steak bar1971
buka1972
kopitiam1979
bukateria1980
churrascaria1981
parrilla1981
Indian1982
theme pub1983
parrillada1984
restobar1992
1762 J. Boswell Jrnl. 15 Dec. in London Jrnl. (1950) 86 I went into the City to Dolly's Steak-house in Paternoster Row and swallowed my dinner by myself.
1954 I. Levin Kiss before Dying iii. v. 178 They went to a steak house on Fifty-second street.
1977 B. Roueché Fago (1978) ii. iii. 101 There was a steakhouse restaurant across the street.
steak restaurant n.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating place > [noun] > eating-house or restaurant > other eating-houses
ordinary1590
chop-house1699
porterhouse?1730
steak house1762
beef-house1807
rotisserie1825
fish-shop1826
supper tavern1841
supper house1855
supper room1858
grill-room1883
teetotum1891
grill1896
bar and grill1903
corner-house1912
bistro1922
roadhouse1922
hot doggery1923
rosticceria1930
dinette1940
British Restaurant1941
drive-through1949
drive-up1956
sobaya1958
carvery1962
ouzeri1964
crêperie1967
steak restaurant1970
sushiya1970
steak bar1971
buka1972
kopitiam1979
bukateria1980
churrascaria1981
parrilla1981
Indian1982
theme pub1983
parrillada1984
restobar1992
1970 J. Updike Bech: a Book 199 We..made all those steak restaurants in the East Fifties light up like seraglios under bombardment.
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steak and kidney n. used attributively, esp. in steak-and-kidney pie and steak-and-kidney pudding, to designate a pie or pudding containing a mixture of beefsteak and kidney; also elliptical.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > puddings > [noun] > meat puddings
haggis pudding1545
mart pudding1590
stuckling1825
baby's head1905
steak and kidney1910
roly-poly1922
1910 H. G. Wells Hist. Mr. Polly vi. 193 Sit down, everyone... Who says steak-and-kidney pie?
1930 H. Burke Cookery Bk. 103 Steak and kidney pudding... Put in the beef and kidney (see Steak and Kidney Pie recipe).
1960 I. Jefferies Dignity & Purity iv. 59 Cobb..spirited us off to a nearby pub for steak and kidney pud.
1965 L. Sands Something to Hide ix. 154 The sight of the steak-and-kidney glistening succulently between them.
1977 C. McCullough Thorn Birds ix. 206 The seven of them sat in the small dining room eating steak-and-kidney pie.
steak au poivre n. /ˌsteɪk əʊ ˈpwɑːvrə/ beefsteak flavoured with coarsely crushed peppercorns before cooking; = pepper steak n. at pepper n. Compounds 2.
/ˌsteɪk əʊ ˈpwɑːvrə/ beefsteak flavoured with coarsely crushed peppercorns before cooking; = pepper steak n. at pepper n. Compounds 2.ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > meat dishes > [noun] > steak dishes
Scots collops1657
Scotch collops1664
porterhouse steak1842
Chateaubriand1877
plank steak1904
steak tartare1911
churrasco1917
Swiss steak1932
tournedos Rossini1937
pepper steak1939
cheesesteak1941
steak au poivre1953
steak Diane1957
carpet-bag steak1958
peppered steak1960
1953 J. A. Beard & A. Watt Paris Cuisine 132 Steak au poivre.
1976 ‘F. Clifford’ Drummer in Dark iv. 17 Avocado vinaigrette and steak au poivre... Choosing didn't take long.
steak broiler n. (see quot.).
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1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Steak-broiler, a gridiron which catches the gravy from the steak.
steak Diane n. /ˌsteɪk dʌɪˈan/ a dish consisting of thin slices of beefsteak fried with seasonings, esp. Worcestershire sauce.
/ˌsteɪk dʌɪˈan/ a dish consisting of thin slices of beefsteak fried with seasonings, esp. Worcestershire sauce.ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > meat dishes > [noun] > steak dishes
Scots collops1657
Scotch collops1664
porterhouse steak1842
Chateaubriand1877
plank steak1904
steak tartare1911
churrasco1917
Swiss steak1932
tournedos Rossini1937
pepper steak1939
cheesesteak1941
steak au poivre1953
steak Diane1957
carpet-bag steak1958
peppered steak1960
1957 Gourmet Cookbk. II. 270 (heading) Steak Diane.
1974 W. Garner Big enough Wreath viii. 103 The waiter [was] serving his steak Diane.
steak fish n. cod of a size suitable for cutting into steaks.
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the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > seafood > [noun] > fish > fish for frying or cutting up
panfish1796
fryers1851
steak fish1894
1894 Outing 23 404/1 Steak fish are cod measuring twenty-two inches or more in length.
steak knife n. (a) a butcher's knife; (b) a serrated table knife.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > [noun] > knife
dressing knife1362
trencher-knife1392
bread knife1432
kitchen knife1433
dresser knifea1450
carving-knifea1475
sticking knife1495
chipper1508
chipping knife1526
butcher's knife1557
striking knife1578
mincing knife1586
cook's knife1599
oyster knife1637
randing knife1725
stick knife1819
chopping-knife1837
carver1839
butch knife1845
fish-carver1855
fruit-knife1855
rimmer1876
throating knife1879
steak knife1895
paring knife1908
the world > food and drink > food > setting table > table utensils > [noun] > cutlery > knife
fish-knife1403
board-knifec1440
table knifea1475
butter knife1729
dessert-knife1793
balance-knife1833
cuttoe1851
steak knife1895
1895 Montgomery Ward Catal. Spring & Summer 447/2 Steak knives,..12 inch blade... No butcher shop would be without them after a trial.
1951 Festival of Brit.: Catal. Exhibits: South Bank Exhib. (H.M.S.O.) 59/2 Steak knife, hollow-ground blade.
1959 L. Smith One Hour xxv. 321 Even now, I see those steak knives cutting through the meat.
1979 N. Hynd False Flags v. 43 The barman gave Mason a steak knife. The sandwich arrived.
steak tartare n. a dish consisting of raw minced beefsteak mixed with egg and seasonings.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > meat dishes > [noun] > steak dishes
Scots collops1657
Scotch collops1664
porterhouse steak1842
Chateaubriand1877
plank steak1904
steak tartare1911
churrasco1917
Swiss steak1932
tournedos Rossini1937
pepper steak1939
cheesesteak1941
steak au poivre1953
steak Diane1957
carpet-bag steak1958
peppered steak1960
1911 A. Filippini Internat. Cook Bk. 676 (heading) Steaks, Tartare.
1958 Observer 26 Jan. 5/6 A steak tartare.
1969 ‘M. Underwood’ Shadow Game ii. 22 Peacock was having Steak Tartare…rather appropriate food for one who dwelt in a ruthless world of sophisticated gangsterism. Raw meat!
steak-tongs n. (see quot. 1858).
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > [noun] > tongs
steak-tongs1845
butter tongs1866
1845 E. Acton Mod. Cookery vii. 194 If..it should be necessary, for want of steak-tongs, to use a fork, it should be passed through the outer skin..of the steak.
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Steak-tongs, small tongs for turning chops or steaks when broiling on a gridiron.
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steak fry n. North American (a) an outdoor social event at which steaks are cooked (usually on a barbecue) and eaten (cf. fry n.2 Additions); (b) a thickly cut chip (French fry).
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1907 Boston Daily Globe 29 Sept. 32/4 An open-air steak fry at noon.
1949 E. A. Schuler & C. C. Taylor in Rural Life U.S. xi.199 Church and school entertainments, picnics, steak fries, barbecues, local rodeos.
1971 Manitowoc (Wisconsin) Herald Times 17 May 6 t/2 (advt.) Frozen Big Daddy Steak Fries.
1995 J. Shreeve Neandertal Enigma (1996) iii. 72 I..waited, pencil in left hand and steak fry in right, for him to proceed.
2006 Inland Valley (Ont.) (Nexis) 17 June The Mt. Baldy Benefit Steak Fry is a tradition with community members.
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