porterhouse
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- noun
- /ˈpɔrtərˌhaʊs/
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chuletón
- The menu is all about simplicity: delicious food allowed to shine on its own merits, whether it's a dry-aged roasted porterhouse or a side of asparagus with lemon.
- porterhouse steak
- juicy porterhouse
- porterhouse medium
You have, you know, the porterhouse steak, all right.
- You have, you know, the porterhouse steak, all right.
- Why don't you have a freaking porterhouse steak with a Chobani yogurts?
Examples
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A porterhouse includes the bone and some strip loin.
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Sir, Miss Muntz has identified the porterhouse steak.
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Do you know what a porterhouse looks like?
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- I ordered you the porterhouse.
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You have, you know, the porterhouse steak, all right.
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I'm more of a porterhouse man.
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I was thinking about cooking up a porterhouse.
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- I'll have a porterhouse.
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Relax, it tastes just like a porterhouse.
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For dinner, I ordered a porterhouse steak cooked to perfection.
Synonyms
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1.0
A thick slice of meat, usually beef, that people cook to eat
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2.7
A steak from the middle of the cow's back with a T-shaped bone and a piece of tenderloin
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4.3
A large steak with a T-shaped bone and a tender piece of meat on one side
Compounds
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Etymology
Porterhouse probably comes from the name of a tavern called a porter house, because porter was a popular dark beer and house meant 'tavern', so the large steak served there took the tavern's name. That's why a porterhouse today is a very large steak often shared by two people.