porterhouse
/pawr-ter-hous, pohr-/US // ˈpɔr tərˌhaʊs, ˈpoʊr- //UK // (ˈpɔːtəˌhaʊs) //
波特豪斯,波特豪斯餐厅,波特豪斯酒店,波特豪斯公司
Definitions
n.名词 noun
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plural por·ter·hous·es [pawr-ter-hou-siz, pohr- for 1; pawr-ter-hou-ziz, pohr- for 2 ]. /ˈpɔr tərˌhaʊ sɪz, ˈpoʊr- for 1; ˈpɔr tərˌhaʊ zɪz, ˈpoʊr- for 2 /.
- : Also called porterhouse steak . a choice piece of beef with a conspicuous T-shaped bone, cut from the short loin and similar to a T-bone steak but with a larger portion of tenderloin.
- : Archaic. a house at which porter and other liquors are retailed.
Examples
At the dinner, Lowe and Spade stare in disbelief as Farley devours two gigantic porterhouse steaks.
Porterhouse steak, which is illustrated in Fig 8, contains more tenderloin than any other steak.
For example, the housewife may ask for an inch-thick sirloin steak, a 2-inch porterhouse steak, and so on.
Another small roast, called a porterhouse roast, is illustrated in Fig. 20.
This is obtained by cutting a porterhouse steak rather thick.
Dee made all of us eat beefsteak, ordering a huge porterhouse so she could get the bone for Brindle.
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