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flat bone

flat bone

9.3
A cut of beef from the sirloin next to the wedge bone
  • noun
  • UK
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  • She ordered a flat bone cut because it is especially tender and flavorful.

Examples

  • The butcher recommended a flat bone steak for grilling this weekend.

  • The recipe suggests marinating the flat bone overnight for best results.

  • I love flat bone!

  • The flat bone is delicious.

  • The butcher recommended a flat bone steak for grilling this weekend.

  • She ordered a flat bone cut because it is especially tender and flavorful.

  • The recipe suggests marinating the flat bone overnight for best results.

Surface Forms

flat bone singular
flat bones plural

Morphology

flat + bone

The components 'flat' + 'bone' transparently suggest a bone that is flat, so learners will get a partial semantic cue. However, the specific sense 'a cut of beef from the sirloin' is specialized butchery jargon and is not directly inferable from the constituents, so learners would likely not reliably identify the culinary meaning without prior exposure.

Etymology

The compound noun flat bone probably comes from the flat shape of the bone that sits in this piece of meat. Because the bone is flat, butchers called the whole piece the 'cut of beef' near the sirloin, so today flat bone means that particular steak cut.