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Definition of Beefsteak

1. Noun. A beef steak usually cooked by broiling.

Definition of Beefsteak

1. n. A steak of beef; a slice of beef broiled or suitable for broiling.

Definition of Beefsteak

1. Noun. A steak cut from beef cattle. ¹

2. Noun. The beefsteak plant, also known as perilla and shiso. ¹

3. Noun. A beefsteak tomato. ¹

4. Noun. A beefsteak mushroom. ¹

5. Noun. (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. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Beefsteak

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Literary usage of Beefsteak

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Food Ingestion and Energy Transformations: With Special Reference to the by Francis Gano Benedict, Thorne Martin Carpenter (1918)
"This is in full conformity with the experiment of July 1, 1911, given in table 215, which showed that with this subject exactly the same amount of beefsteak ..."

2. Mrs. Putnam's Receipt Book: And Young Housekeeper's Assistant by Elizabeth H. Putnam (1869)
"beefsteak, WITH SMOTHERED ONIONS. Cook the beefsteak as before directed. Cut up six onions very fine; put them into a saucepan with a cup of hot water, ..."

3. The Story of My Life: Recollections and Reflections by Ellen Terry (1908)
"A record of those beefsteak Room suppers would be a pleasant thing to possess. I have such a bad memory—I see faces round the table—the face of Liszt among ..."

4. Virginia Cookery-book by Mary Stuart Smith (1912)
"beefsteak. THE finest beef is required for really good steak. Steaks cut from three different ... beefsteak should be cut in slices half an inch thick. ..."

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