Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. 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.
- n. Archaic An alehouse or chophouse.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A house at which porter, ale, and other malt liquors are retailed; an ale-house; also, such a house at which steaks, chops, etc., are served up; a chop-house.
Wiktionary
- n. A public house where porter was sold; often also served steaks, chops etc
- n. A cut of beef taken from the thick end of the short loin; it has a T-shaped bone and a large piece of tenderloin; a porterhouse steak
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A house where porter is sold.
WordNet 3.0
- n. large steak from the thick end of the short loin containing a T-shaped bone and large piece of tenderloin
Examples
“If you prefer fish — and a fish that looks like a steak — get the monkfish porterhouse, which is wrapped in pancetta that keeps the flesh moist.”
“He ordered the 48-ounce porterhouse, which is a very big, but not gargantuan steak.”
“Tapas-style appetizers are followed by dishes such as porterhouse pork chop in apple sauce or grilled all pasture fed steak.”
“April 16, 2010, 12: 55 pm unlawyer says: porterhouse: In order to be African-American one must have at least one parent that is African-American.”
“April 16, 2010, 6: 43 pm porterhouse says: pchuck:”
“April 16, 2010, 1: 54 pm porterhouse says: unlawyer:”
“March 13, 2010, 11: 46 pm porterhouse says: badlaw: Perhaps this is something only religious people can understand, but theism =/= religion.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Ninth Circuit Upholds “Under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance,
“Nobody Really says: porterhouse: If the draft is constitutional, then the mandate is probably constitutional.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » More on the Chances Courts Would Strike Down the Individual Mandate
“May 20, 2010, 8: 42 pm cboldt says: porterhouse: — clearly the 2nd Amendment (as interpreted by a strict constructionist jurist) would allow the states to deny anybody the ability to keep and bear arms, because it is a federalism provision just like the Electoral College.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Violent Misdemeanants, the Right to Bear Arms, and the Right to Vote
“May 21, 2010, 4: 56 pm cboldt says: porterhouse: — the Federal government cannot just conscript every person in the United States without an action by Congress.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Violent Misdemeanants, the Right to Bear Arms, and the Right to Vote
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘porterhouse’.
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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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Meat
sausage, pepperoni, pork chop, ham, tongue, fricandeau, veal, tenderloin, mutton, boeuf, terefah, gammon and 33 more...
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