ground beef

noun

: beef that has been cut into very small pieces

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Instead of ground beef or Italian sausage, this recipe uses rotisserie chicken to shred and toss into this pasta dish. Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 5 Mar. 2026 Fitness influencers are cooking up a simple combination of ground beef and rice for a quick, low-calorie hit. Jake Angelo, Fortune, 1 Mar. 2026 Where girl dinner is a charming (if not a little bit dumb) smorgasbord of snacky things like cheese and pretzels and salami, boy kibble (🤢) consists of unseasoned ground beef and white rice, consumed for the protein of it all. Li Goldstein, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 Feb. 2026 Irish Nachos: potato chips, ground beef and lamb, Guinness stout cheese, sour cream, pico de gallo. Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for ground beef

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“Ground beef.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ground%20beef. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.

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