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Definition of beef

cattle that are reared for their meat
informal terms for objecting; "I have a gripe about the service here"
meat from an adult domestic bovine
complain; "What was he hollering about?"

Similar Words: beef cattle, gripe, kick, bitch, squawk, boeuf, grouse, crab, bellyache, holler

Hyponyms: longhorn, Texas longhorn, Santa Gertrudis, Aberdeen Angus, Angus, black Angus, Charolais, Durham, shorthorn, Galloway, Hereford, whiteface, cattalo, beefalo, ground beef, hamburger, bully beef, corned beef, corn beef, pastrami

Part Meronyms: cattle, cows, kine, oxen, Bos taurus

Derivational Morphology: gripe, grouse, crab, squawk, bellyache, holler, backbite, bitch, complain, kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch, whiner, complainer, moaner, sniveller, crybaby, bellyacher, grumbler, squawker, crabby person

Language Translations:
Bosnian: govedina		Catalan: vedella
Chinese: 牛肉		Croatian: govedina
Danish: bøf		Dutch: bief
Finnish: naudanliha		French: bœuf
German: Rindfleisch		Italian: manzo
Japanese: 牛肉		Lithuanian: jautiena
Maltese: ċanga		Polish: wołowina
Russian: говядина		Slovene: govedina
Swedish: nötkött		Telugu: ఆవు/ఎద్దు మాంసం (aavu/eddu maaMsaM) or గేదె/దున్న మాంసం (gaede/dunna maaMsaM)

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