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PORTERHOUSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does porterhouse mean?
• PORTERHOUSE (noun)
The noun PORTERHOUSE has 1 sense:
1. large steak from the thick end of the short loin containing a T-shaped bone and large piece of tenderloin
Familiarity information: PORTERHOUSE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large steak from the thick end of the short loin containing a T-shaped bone and large piece of tenderloin
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
porterhouse; porterhouse steak
Hypernyms ("porterhouse" is a kind of...):
beefsteak (a beef steak usually cooked by broiling)
Holonyms ("porterhouse" is a part of...):
beef loin (cut of meat from a loin of beef)
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