Food / A2

BEEF/biːf/

Beef is meat from a cow: roast beef, beef stew. A cow/cattle are the animals; beef is the meat. Pork is from a pig; lamb from a young sheep. Beef as a complaint is informal later slang.

Meaning

Meat from a cow.

Examples

• “We had beef and rice for dinner.”
• “This beef needs more cooking.”
• “They do not eat beef in that restaurant.”

Good to know

beef = cow meat. Animals: cow / cattle. Contrast: pork, lamb.

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