peppered steak
- noun
- /ˈpɛpərd steɪk/
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- At the restaurant, I ordered a peppered steak served with a rich brandy sauce.
Examples
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I've got a bag full of peppered steaks and sausages out there.
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The chef grilled a peppered steak to perfection, enhancing its flavor with a buttery sauce.
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For dinner, we enjoyed peppered steak accompanied by roasted vegetables and potatoes.
Synonyms
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8.6
A piece of beef covered in crushed pepper and cooked in a hot pan with a brandy and butter sauce
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3.4
A steak covered with crushed pepper and cooked in a pan with brandy and butter sauce
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The adjective 'peppered' is transparently derived from 'pepper' (to season with pepper) and combined with 'steak' (a slice of meat), so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer 'a steak seasoned with pepper.' This follows regular English adjective+noun composition and has clear cross-linguistic parallels, making the meaning immediately comprehensible from the constituents.
Etymology
The noun peppered steak comes from the image of a steak being peppered with crushed black pepper. That's why peppered steak means 'a steak coated with pepper and cooked that way' today.