pas·tra·mi (p -strä m )n. pl. pas·tra·mis A highly seasoned smoked cut of beef, usually taken from the shoulder. [Yiddish pastrame, from Romanian pastram  , from pstra, to preserve, from Vulgar Latin *parsit re, to spare, save, from parsus, past participle of Latin parcere, to be thrifty with.] |
pastrami [pəˈstrɑːmɪ]
n
(Cookery) highly seasoned smoked beef, esp prepared from a shoulder cut
[from Yiddish, from Romanian pastramǎ, from pǎstra to preserve]
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