steak

A2 Topic:Food & Drink

US /steɪk/ See IPA manual

Homophones

stake /steɪk/

Freq #3928

Meanings

1

noun
A thick, flat piece of meat, especially beef, for grilling or frying.

He ordered a steak with chips for dinner.
2

noun
A thick slice of fish cut across the bone.

We grilled a salmon steak for lunch.

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Word family

Forms steaks

Derived forms cheesesteakchipsteakgrillsteaknonsteakribsteaksteak-cutsteakburgersteakettesteakfishsteakhousesteaklesssteaklet

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minute steak
a thin steak intended to cook very quickly

Noun + noun

Etymology

From 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.

steike Middle English

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Food & Drink

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# steak

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /steɪk/
**Frequency rank:** 3928

## Meanings
1. A thick, flat piece of meat, especially beef, for grilling or frying.
2. A thick slice of fish cut across the bone.

## Examples
- He ordered a steak with chips for dinner.
- We grilled a salmon steak for lunch.

## Derived Forms
- cheesesteak
- chipsteak
- grillsteak
- nonsteak
- ribsteak
- steak-cut
- steakburger
- steakette
- steakfish
- steakhouse
- steakless
- steaklet

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: steike

## Etymology
From 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.

## AI Etymology
Steak is from 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. In present-day use, it can mean a thick, flat piece of meat, especially beef, for grilling or frying, or a thick slice of fish cut across the bone.

## Topics
- Food & Drink

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