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steak

steak \'sta-k\ n [ME steke, fr. ON steik; akin to ON steikja to roast on a 
   sta]ke, stik stick, stake - more at STICK 1a: a slice of meat cut from a 
   fleshy part of a beef carcass and usu. cooke d or to be cooked by broiling 
   1b: a similar slice of a specified meat other than beef  1c: a 
   cross-section slice of a large fish  2: ground beef prepared for cooking or 
   for serving