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minute steak

minute steak

1 3.3
A thin piece of beef that cooks very quickly
  • noun
  • /ˈmɪnɪt steɪk/
  • US
translation icon : filete minuto
  • The chef recommended a minute steak because it grills in no time.

Had like a steak minute steak and then truffle fries.

Examples

  • He quickly cooked a minute steak for dinner in just a few minutes.

  • This is just a minute steak.

    Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006)

  • I was having the Hungry Man minute steak dinner.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • At the restaurant, I ordered a minute steak that was seared to perfection.

Synonyms

steak
vsminute steak
474 1.0

A thick slice of meat, usually beef, that people cook to eat

is a thin slice cooked quickly rather than a thick cut

How Thin

minute steak
  • US
1 3.3
steak
474 1.0

Surface Forms

minute steak singular
minute steaks plural

Morphology

minute + steak

The compound is a straightforward adjective + noun combination: 'minute' (very small) + 'steak' (slice of meat) yields a thin/small steak that cooks quickly. This compositional pattern is regular in English (and mirrored in many languages), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can reliably infer the MWE meaning.

Etymology

Minute steak comes from minute meaning 'very small' and steak meaning the meat. Because the pieces are cut very thin, they cook almost instantly, so the name shows the steak can be cooked 'quickly'.