/steɪk/, /stɛːk/
OriginFrom Middle English steike, from Old Norse steik (“roast; meat roasted on a stick”). The verb is either from the noun or from steikja (“to roast”).
The modern pronunciation shows an irregular change of Early Modern English /ɛː/ to /eɪ/ in the standard language; contrast this with the development of other words such as speak and wreak.
- countable, uncountableBeefsteak: a slice of beef, broiled or cut for broiling.
- broadly, countable, uncountableA 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”
“The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters […] But the priciest items in the market aren't the armadillo st”
- countable, uncountableA slice of meat cut across the grain (perpendicular to the spine) from a fish.
- To cook (something, especially fish) like or as a steak.
“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 pla”
Formssteaks(plural) · steaks(present, singular, third-person) · steaking(participle, present) · steaked(participle, past) · steaked(past)