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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 tenderloinplay

  Familiarity information: PORTERHOUSE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PORTERHOUSE (noun)


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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