beefy

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The large patty looked hand-formed and tasted juicy and beefy, a great value at that price.

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  1. adjective Muscular in build; brawny: a beefy wrestler.
  2. adjective Substantial; filling: "a rather . . . beefy, densely colored wine” (Robert M. Parker, Jr.)
  3. adjective Filled with beef.

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  • The cabinet hardware is sturdy -- the door hinges are really nice and beefy, and easy to detach if you need to take the doors off for any reason. —  Ask MetaFilter
  • Spooned table-side (one tendril of black trumpet and one fat, halved porcini per plate), it was full, beefy, and rounded out by a mild sweetness. —  WordPress.com News
  • Its first incarnation was as a beefy, erudite entertainment guide for people who, like me, believed that the best of film, television and pop music could stand with anything else in the culture. —  Life and style | guardian.co.uk
  • And Kenobi's tall ambitions came closer to fruition with the coffee-rubbed New York strip steak ($20), rich and beefy, cooked an electric pink in the center with an aromatic black crust, with bok choy cooked crunchy-soft and fingerling potato discs with the texture of good home fries. —  Austin360 - XL Headlines
  • The hinge is beefy (plastic) and the cover attaches securely. —  MobileTechReview
 

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