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porterhouse

porterhouse

10 6.7
A large steak with a T-shaped bone and a small soft piece of meat
  • noun
  • /ˈpɔrtərˌhaʊs/
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  • 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.

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Examples

Synonyms

steak
vsporterhouse
474 1.0

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

refers to a particular large cut with a T shaped bone and large tenderloin
T-bone steak
vsporterhouse
8 2.7

A steak from the middle of the cow's back with a T-shaped bone and a piece of tenderloin

is from the thicker end and has a larger tenderloin portion
porterhouse steak
vsporterhouse
3 4.3

A large steak with a T-shaped bone and a tender piece of meat on one side

is the identical cut but written with a different form

Compounds

A large steak with a T-shaped bone and a tender piece of meat on one side

How Thick

porterhouse
10 6.7
sirloin
11 2.9
filet mignon
12 7.7
slice
194 1.0

Surface Forms

porterhouse singular
porterhouses plural

Morphology

porterhouse = porter + house (opaque) = porter + house

Although formed from 'porter' + 'house', the meaning 'a cut of steak' is not derivable from those components and reflects a historical naming rather than a productive compound.

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.