beefsteak
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beefsteak (countable and uncountable, plural beefsteaks)
- (countable, uncountable) (A) steak cut from beef cattle.
- (countable) Ellipsis of beefsteak plant, also known as perilla and shiso (Perilla frutescens var. crispa).
- (uncountable) The herb prepared from the leaves of the beefsteak plant.
- (countable) Ellipsis of beefsteak tomato
- 2001, Patricia Mondore, A Perennial Faith: Finding Courage to Grow in the Garden of Life
- I purchased a half dozen of the healthiest-looking beefsteaks I could find, and tenderly planted the young shoots, using plenty of fertilizer and mulch. I faithfully watered them every day and the little plants quickly shot up to an impressive height.
- 2001, Patricia Mondore, A Perennial Faith: Finding Courage to Grow in the Garden of Life
- (countable) Ellipsis of beefsteak mushroom
- (countable, archaic): A celebratory dinner, commonly held in New York between about 1870 and 1940 involving the consumption of enormous quantities of broiled steak and beer.
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English beefsteak.
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Noun[edit]
beefsteak m (plural beefsteaks)
- Obsolete form of bifteck.
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