"beef steak" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: beef steaks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} beef steak (countable and uncountable, plural beef steaks)
  1. Alternative form of beefsteak. Tags: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: beefsteak
    Sense id: en-beef_steak-en-noun-jHoTtS84 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

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