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DictionarybeefCattle meat
noun

beef

BEEF/biːf/

Meat from cattle.

The raw beef steak rests on the butcher's board, showing fine marbling.

Raw beef steak on butcher board with restrained marbling, food illustration.
Etymology
beefLatinox, cow

Latin bos named the animal, an ox or cow. Beef was also once an English name for the animal, alongside the surviving meaning of its flesh as food.

In context

Foodamentary: Adventures in Food7:03
they bought a half a cow and they gave me some of their meat so i've got a lot of beef in here
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More examples

  • She adds lean beef to the stew.
  • The menu includes a beef sandwich.
  • They choose vegetables instead of beef for the filling.

Similar words

meat
The broader food category rather than flesh specifically from cattle.
veal
Specifically meat from young calves rather than beef generally.