"T-bone" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtiːbəʊn/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: En-au-T-bone.ogg Forms: T-bones [plural]
enPR: tēʹbōn [Received-Pronunciation] Etymology: Elliptical form of T-bone steak. Head templates: {{en-noun}} T-bone (plural T-bones)
  1. A T-bone steak. Synonyms: t-bone
    Sense id: en-T-bone-en-noun-lLv4oLGg
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈtiːbəʊn/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: En-au-T-bone.ogg Forms: T-bones [plural]
enPR: tēʹbōn [Received-Pronunciation] Etymology: From the ⊤ shape produced by the vehicles involved in such a collision, with allusion to T-bone ¹. Head templates: {{en-noun}} T-bone (plural T-bones)
  1. A vehicular collision of this kind.
    Sense id: en-T-bone-en-noun-tOfV0B7L
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈtiːbəʊn/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: En-au-T-bone.ogg Forms: T-bones [present, singular, third-person], T-boning [participle, present], T-boned [participle, past], T-boned [past]
enPR: tēʹbōn [Received-Pronunciation] Etymology: From the ⊤ shape produced by the vehicles involved in such a collision, with allusion to T-bone ¹. Head templates: {{en-verb}} T-bone (third-person singular simple present T-bones, present participle T-boning, simple past and past participle T-boned)
  1. (transitive, slang, Canada, US, of a motor vehicle) To collide perpendicularly with the side of another vehicle. Tags: Canada, US, slang, transitive Categories (topical): Automotive, Cuts of meat, Meats
    Sense id: en-T-bone-en-verb-rc5MdnGW Disambiguation of Automotive: 30 28 42 Disambiguation of Cuts of meat: 16 19 65 Disambiguation of Meats: 16 20 64 Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 28 64 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 19 66 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 14 73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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