Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A double-thick, tender center cut of beef tenderloin, sometimes stuffed with seasonings before grilling.
- Chateaubriand, Vicomte François René de 1768-1848. French political leader, diplomat, and writer considered a forerunner of romanticism. His works include Atala (1801), The Genius of Christianity (1802), and Memoirs from beyond the Tomb, published posthumously.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. a double-thick center cut of beef tenderloin, broiled and served with a sauce and potatoes.
WordNet 3.0
- n. French statesman and writer; considered a precursor of the romantic movement in France (1768-1848)
- n. a very thick center cut of beef tenderloin
Etymologies
- After Vicomte François René de Chateaubriand.
Examples
“Chateaubriand is doing something more than tracing the history of architectural designs and motifs.”
“Peter Friedrich, Cologne; "Chateaubriand" - HDV - 2007”
“He could only tell that a Chateaubriand was the fashionable name in Paris for a steak cut from the ordinary fillet-steaks—nearly two inches.”
“The outbreak of the Revolution recalled Chateaubriand to France.”
“Ballanche, in turn, calls Chateaubriand "the king of intelligence.”
“The Chateaubriand is a cut taken from the center of the tenderloin.”
“As to a Baron, unless he is called Montmorency or Beaufremont, it is the lowest grade of nobility; vicomte, on the contrary, is above reproach; it exhales a mixed odor of the old regime and young France; then, don't you know, our Chateaubriand was a vicomte.”
“Or ... why you might comment to friend who offers you "Chateaubriand" how it's one of your favorite wines!”
“Were one to offer as the alternative a happy lion or eagle; or a happy, free - hearted savage such as Chateaubriand and Rousseau painted, one suspects that not a few suffering men and women would jump at the chance.”
“Yes, but somebody lent us the first volume of 'Chateaubriand's Mémoires.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘Chateaubriand’.
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Meat Parts: the Cuts, the Innards, and the Left...
T-bone - Sounds good!
Shoulder - Alright.
Liver - Fine.
Sweetbread - Okay.
Gizzard - Pushing it.
Brains - What?!wing, wedge bone sirloin, veal, umbles, tri-tip, tripe, triangle steak, tournedo, top sirloin, top loin, tongue, thigh and 147 more...
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