well-done

Examples

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• The chef recommended that we order the meat well-done to ensure it is safe to eat.

• Oh, I like my steak well-done!

  Office Uprising (2018)

• You ever had a piece of well done steak?

• Could I have some well-done, please, Burton?

  Suspicion (1941)

• If you want your steak well done, go ask someone else. :)

  Blog text (21)

• All he really wanted was chicken fingers and well-done steak with ketchup.

  Blog text (28)

• I ordered mine well-done.

  Van Wilder: Freshman Year (2009)

• It was well-done.

  The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

• I prefer my steak cooked well-done with no pink inside.

• After several minutes on the grill, the burger was perfectly well-done and ready to serve.

Synonyms

W

well done

vswell-done

84 1.8

Of a high standard or, for meat, cooked until no pink remains

refers only to meat cooked with no pink, not the high quality sense

D

done

vswell-done

25 1.0

Cooked all the way through and ready to eat

focuses on meat with no pink inside rather than general readiness

Antonyms

R

rare

54 3.3

Meat cooked for a short time so it stays red and soft inside

U

underdone

2 3.8

Food that is not cooked enough and is still raw inside

How Cooked

well-done

12 1.6

medium

68 3.0

rare

54 3.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology