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beef

6 entries found.

Main Entry:
1beef 
          Listen to the pronunciation of 1beef
Pronunciation:
\ˈbēf\
Function:
noun
Inflected Form(s):
plural beefs 
          Listen to the pronunciation of beefs \ˈbēfs\ or beeves 
          Listen to the pronunciation of beeves \ˈbēvz\
Etymology:
Middle English, from Anglo-French beof, bef ox, beef, from Latin bov-, bos head of cattle — more at cow
Date:
14th century
1: the flesh of an adult domestic bovine (as a steer or cow) used as food2 a: an ox, cow, or bull in a full-grown or nearly full-grown state ; especially : a steer or cow fattened for food <quality Texas beeves> <a herd of good beef> b: a dressed carcass of a beef animal3: muscular flesh : brawn4plural beefs : complaint
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