What does "beef" mean?
Beef: The flesh of an ox, or cow, or of any adult bovine animal, when slaughtered for food. Note: [In this sense, the word has no plural.] "Great meals of beef." Shak.
Additional senses
- 2.Applied colloquially to human flesh.
- 3.Of, pertaining to, or resembling, beef. Beef tea, essence of beef, or strong beef broth.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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