porterhouse (redirected from porterhouses)

por·ter·house  (pôrtr-hous, pr-)

n.

1. A cut of beef taken from the thick end of the short loin, having a T-bone and a sizable piece of tenderloin. Also called porterhouse steak.

2. Archaic An alehouse or chophouse.

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porterhouse

Noun

a thick choice beef steak Also called: (porterhouse steak) [formerly, a place that served porter, beer, and sometimes meals]

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Noun

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porterhouse - large steak from the thick end of the short loin containing a T-shaped bone and large piece of tenderloin porterhouse steak beefsteak - a beef steak usually cooked by broiling beef loin - cut of meat from a loin of beef