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porterhouse
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun porterhouse has 1 sense
- porterhouse(n = noun.food) porterhouse steak - large steak from the thick end of the short loin containing a T-shaped bone and large piece of tenderloin; Array is a kind of beefsteak
is a part of beef loin
CIDE DICTIONARY
porterhouse, n.
A house where porter is sold. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
porterhouse, n. esp. US 1 hist. a house at which porter and other drinks were retailed.
2 a house where steaks, chops, etc. were served.
2 a house where steaks, chops, etc. were served.
Idiom
porterhouse steak a thick steak cut from the thick end of a sirloin.
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