steak

noun

• high-quality beef taken from the hindquarters of the animal, typically cut into thick slices that are cooked by grilling or frying: he liked his steak rare a plate of steak and chips half a pound of fillet steak
• [count noun] a thick slice of steak or other high-quality meat or fish:a fillet steak a salmon steak
• poorer-quality beef that is cubed or minced and cooked by braising or stewing:braising steak [as modifier]:steak and kidney pie