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porterhouse

 
Dictionary: por·ter·house   (pôr'tər-hous', pōr'-) pronunciation

n.
  1. A cut of beef taken from the thick end of the short loin, having a T-bone and a sizable piece of tenderloin. Also called porterhouse steak.
  2. Archaic. An alehouse or chophouse.

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American term originally for large beef steak cut from the rear end of sirloin and including some fillet: served with beer (porter) in porterhouses. Now a thick slice cut from the wing-rib of beef.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: large steak from the thick end of the short loin containing a T-shaped bone and large piece of tenderloin
  Synonym: porterhouse steak


 
 

 

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