Meaning | A piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass. |
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Synonym | cut |
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Narrower | brisket | A cut of meat from the breast or lower chest especially of beef |
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chine | cut of meat or fish / fish including at least part of the backbone |
chop | A small cut of meat including part of a rib |
confit | A piece of meat (especially a duck) cooked slowly in its own fat |
cut of beef | cut of meat from beef cattle |
cut of lamb | cut of meat from a lamb |
cut of mutton | cut of meat from a mature sheep |
cut of pork | cut of meat from a hog or pig |
cut of veal | cut of meat from a calf |
entrecote | cut of meat taken from between the ribs |
forequarter | The front half of a side of meat |
hindquarter | The back half of a side of meat |
leg | The limb of an animal used for food |
loin | A cut of meat taken from the side and back of an animal between the ribs and the rump |
neck | A cut of meat from the neck of an animal |
rack | rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton |
rib | cut of meat including one or more ribs |
roast, joint | A piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion |
saddle | cut of meat (especially mutton or lamb) consisting of part of the backbone and both loins |
shank | A cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg |
shin, shin bone | A cut of meat from the lower part of the leg |
shoulder | A cut of meat including the upper joint of the foreleg |
side, side of meat | A lengthwise dressed half of an animal's carcass used for food |
sirloin | The portion of the loin (especially of beef) just in front of the rump |
steak | A slice of meat cut from the fleshy part of an animal or large fish |
tenderloin, undercut | The tender meat of the loin muscle on each side of the vertebral column |
Broader | meat | The flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food |
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Spanish | corte de carne, corte, trozo de carne |
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Catalan | tall de carn |
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