ground beef

English

Noun

ground beef (usually uncountable, plural ground beefs)

1. (Canada, US) Beef that has been ground; minced beef.
2. (US standards of identity) Chopped fresh or frozen beef without the addition of beef fat as seasoning, with no more than 30 percent fat, and with no added water, phosphates, binders, or extenders.

Synonyms

• (North America): beef mince, chopped beef, mince steak
• (UK): mince
• (standard of identity): chopped beef

Translations

meat

• Armenian: աղացած միս (hy) (aġacʻac mis)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 免治牛肉 (min⁵ zi⁶ ngau⁴ juk⁶)

• Finnish: naudan jauheliha
• German: Rinderhack n
• Greek: κιμάς (el) m (kimás)
• Navajo: béégashii bitsįʼ yikʼánígíí
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: karbonadedeig (no) m (under 5 percent fat), kjøttdeig (no) m (under 14 percent fat, not necessarily cattle)

• Portuguese: carne moída f
• Russian: фарш (ru) m (farš)
• Spanish: carne molida f
• Swedish: nötfärs (sv) c

References

• 2003, “Miscellaneous beef products”, in Code of Federal Regulations, title 9: Animals and Animal Products, ch III: Food Safety and Inspection Service, Department of Agriculture, part 319B: Definitions and Standards of Identity or Composition: Raw Meat Products, U.S. Government Printing Office.

Further reading

• ground beef on Wikipedia.Wikipedia