/steɪk/

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Meaning

A thick flat piece of meat, usually beef, cooked in a pan or on a grill.

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Word origin

From Old Norse steik, meat roasted on a stick, from steikja, to roast.

Origin
Old Norse
Root
steik

Grammar

Gender
Pluralsteaks

Examples

chips .

A steak is a thick piece of meat.

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A common restaurant question; answers include rare, medium, and well done.

grilled .

"Steaks" is the plural.

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This word is taught in chapter 31, lesson 3: steak, pile, soda and 7 more words.