side
- noun
- /saɪd/
- Specialized
- I always get the shrimp plate with an extra side of shrimp.
Examples
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The chef prepared a large side of beef to serve at the banquet.
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We're going to add it with a side of kimchi.
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First step is you take this side cut.
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OK, so we lost a full side of this.
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Well, these are side cuts that are cut in.
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But it's commonly side of the meat, right?
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And then once it's all cooked on both sides, I'll take it off.
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Founding Fathers Breakfast with a side of toast.
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So when I'm eating, I've got like my eggs and then a side of greens or whatever.
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Huge, dark coats lined up like sides of beef on steel batons.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
One of the two large halves of a cow cut for sale as meat
A large salted piece of pork from a pig's side, often smoked and sliced
A large half of an animal prepared and sold for eating
One half of a butchered pig before it is cut into smaller pieces
Idioms
- Informal
Doing extra work besides your main job often without your boss's permission
Compounds
A door on the side of a building used as an entrance or exit instead of the front door
- Specialized
An economic idea that growth comes from businesses making more goods and investing when governments cut taxes and remove rules
An evil part of a mysterious power that bad characters use in Star Wars
- Specialized
A large bag that inflates above side windows to protect heads in a side crash
- US
An official in American football who watches plays and passes downfield on one sideline
- Specialized
A small spotted lizard with a dark spot on each side behind the front legs
Harmful effects of modern tools and devices that hurt people and society, for example losing privacy or loneliness
- Informal
The part of a person that likes nerdy, awkward, or not fashionable things and shows it playfully
- NSFW
A part of a person that tries to find spiritual meaning by causing or feeling pain
- Offensive
A person who has a romantic or sexual relationship with someone already in a relationship
- UK
A small musical instrument with two tight skins and wires under one skin used in bands and orchestras
- Specialized
A long metal beam along the side of a train that supports the floor and body
- Specialized
A speaker at the side of a stage that helps performers hear the sound
- Archaic
A steamboat with a large paddle wheel on each side that moves it through water
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Etymology
Side comes from old English sīd meaning 'long' or 'wide', and it was used for a long half of an animal after butchery, which is why a 'side of beef' means one lengthwise half of the carcass.