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Definition of beef

Beef
Beef Beef (b[=e]f), n. [OE. boef, befe, beef, OF. boef, buef, F. b[oe]ef, fr. L. bos, bovis, ox; akin to Gr. boy^s, Skr. g[=o] cow, and E. cow. See 2d Cow.] 1. An animal of the genus Bos, especially the common species, B. taurus, including the bull, cow, and ox, in their full grown state; esp., an ox or cow fattened for food. Note: [In this, which is the original sense, the word has a plural, beeves (b[=e]vz).] A herd of beeves, fair oxen and fair kine. --Milton. 2. The flesh of an ox, or cow, or of any adult bovine animal, when slaughtered for food. Note: [In this sense, the word has no plural.] ``Great meals of beef.' --Shak. 3. Applied colloquially to human flesh.
Beef
Beef Beef, a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, beef. Beef tea, essence of beef, or strong beef broth.

Meaning of beef from wikipedia

- Beef is the culinary name for meat from cattle (Bos taurus). Beef can be prepared in various ways; cuts are often used for steak, which can be cooked...
- Look up beef in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Beef is the meat from cattle. Beef may also refer to: Beef (Nitro Girl), a stage name of professional...
- Corned beef, or salt beef in some Commonwealth countries, is salt-cured brisket of beef. The term comes from the treatment of the meat with large-grained...
- Beef Stroganoff or beef Stroganov is a Russian dish[dubious – discuss] of sautéed pieces of beef in a sauce of mustard and smetana (sour cream). From its...
- Kobe beef (神戸ビーフ, Kōbe bīfu) is Wagyu beef from the Tajima strain of ****anese Black cattle, raised in ****an's Hyōgo Prefecture around Kobe city, according...
- examples include Matsusaka beef, Kobe beef from the Tajima cattle, Yonezawa beef and Ōmi beef. In recent years, Wagyu beef has increased in fat percentage...
- Beef bourguignon (US: /ˌbʊərɡiːnˈjɒ̃/) or bœuf bourguignon (UK: /ˌbɜːf ˈbɔːrɡɪn.jɒ̃/; French: [bœf buʁɡiɲɔ̃]), also called beef Burgundy, and bœuf à la...
- A beef tenderloin (US English), known as an eye fillet in Australasia, filet in France, filet mignon in Brazil, and fillet in the United Kingdom and South...
- The beef shank is the leg portion of a steer or heifer. In the UK, the corresponding cuts of beef are the shin (the foreshank), and the leg (the hindshank)...
- Matsusaka beef (松阪牛, Matsusaka-ushi, Matsusaka-gyū also "Matsuzaka beef") is the meat of ****anese Black cattle reared under strict conditions in the Matsusaka...