noun
pastrami
puh-STRAH-mee/pəˈstrɑːmi/
Seasoned, cured, and smoked meat, usually beef.
The sliced pastrami shows rosy meat beneath a dark pepper-and-spice crust.
Etymology
Yiddish pastrame names the prepared meat itself. Its deeper ancestry probably connects it with a Turkish term for dried meat, though an origin in Greek salting vocabulary is also proposed.
In context
What I love about the pastrami sandwich is the carve. You'll notice that the piece we're doing right now has like a little bit of fat in it.
More examples
- She orders half a pound of thinly sliced pastrami.
- This pastrami has a smoky flavor and a peppery crust.
- We add chopped pastrami to our breakfast hash.
Forms
pastrami
Similar words
- corned beef
- Cured beef that is usually boiled rather than smoked.
- salami
- Usually a fermented, dried sausage rather than a whole cut.