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Thesaurus: beef

An animal of the genus Bos, especially the common species, B. taurus, including the bull, cow, and ox, in their full grown state; esp., an ox or cow fattened for food.

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  1. n. An animal of the genus Bos, especially the common species, B. taurus, including the bull, cow, and ox, in their full grown state; esp., an ox or cow fattened for food.
  2. n. The flesh of an ox, or cow, or of any adult bovine animal, when slaughtered for food.
  3. n. Applied colloquially to human flesh.
  4. a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, beef.
  5. n. cattle that are reared for their meat
  6. n. meat from an adult domestic bovine
  7. n. informal terms for objecting
  8. v. complain
  9. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, beef. Beef tea, essence ofbeef, or strong beef broth.
  10. v:6/n:94 n. cattle that are reared for their meat n. meat from an adult domestic bovine