steakとは

語源

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”).

発音

• IPA^(key): /steɪk/
• Homophone: stake
• 韻: -eɪk

名詞

steak (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 steaks)

1. beefsteak, a slice of beef, broiled or cut for broiling.
2. (by extension) A relatively large, thick slice or slab cut from another animal, a vegetable, etc.

   venison steak, bear steak, pork steak, turtle steak, salmon steak; cauliflower steak, eggplant steaks

   • 2013 July 26, Nick Miroff, “Mexico gets a taste for eating insects […] ”, in The Guardian Weekly‎^[1], volume 189, number 7, page 32:

     The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters […] But the priciest items in the market aren't the armadillo steaks or even the bluefin tuna.

3. (seafood) A slice of meat cut across the grain (perpendicular to the spine) from a fish.

等位語

• (fish): filet (a slice of meat cut with the grain of the fish)

派生語

• flank steak
• steak and kidney pie
• point steak

派生した語

• French: steack

動詞

steak (三人称単数 現在形 steaks, 現在分詞 steaking, 過去形および過去分詞形 steaked)

1. To cook (something, especially fish) like or as a steak.
   • 2000, Nick Karas, The Complete Book of Striped Bass Fishing, page 353:

     Really large bass can be treated as filets, as we mentioned earlier, or they can be steaked. If they are to be steaked, they should be cleaned like a bass to be baked, scaled, and the skin left in place.

アナグラム

• Keast, Keats, Stake, kates, ketas, skate, stake, takes, teaks