STEAK
What does "STEAK" mean?
A thick slice of meat or fish, typically beef, cut for grilling or frying.
Meanings
- A thick slice of high-quality beef cut for grilling, broiling, or frying. He grilled the steak medium-rare with a pinch of salt.
- A thick slice of any meat or fish cut across the grain. She seared a tuna steak for two minutes a side.
Did you know?
- 'Steak' is a Viking loanword: it comes from Old Norse 'steik', meat roasted on a spit, brought into English by Norse settlers - the same Proto-Germanic root for piercing also gives 'stick', for the spit it was cooked on.
Word origin
From Old Norse 'steik', meat roasted on a spit, related to 'steikja', to roast; borrowed into Middle English during Scandinavian influence on the language.
Remember it
STEAK has the EA of EAT and MEAT - the homophone of STAKE you put on the grill, not in the ground.
A little poem
Iron pan screaming-
a crust of salt and fire seals
the red heart within.
haiku
Wordplay
- The gambler ordered a porterhouse and bet the whole meal on it - he had a real steak in the game.
What it teaches
Heat seals the surface so the center stays tender; sometimes a hard outer crust is what protects the soft within.
Quick facts
What does STEAK mean?
A thick slice of meat or fish, typically beef, cut for grilling or frying.
Is STEAK a valid word?
Yes — STEAK is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is STEAK?
STEAK has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does STEAK come from?
From Old Norse 'steik', meat roasted on a spit, related to 'steikja', to roast; borrowed into Middle English during Scandinavian influence on the language.
What can STEAK teach us?
Heat seals the surface so the center stays tender; sometimes a hard outer crust is what protects the soft within.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.