A slice of beef usually cooked by broiling.

ETYM Old Eng. steike, Icel. steik, akin to Icel. steikja to roast, stikna to be roasted or scorched, and Eng. stick, the steak being broiled on a spit. Related to Stick.
(Homonym: stake).
A slice of meat cut from the fleshy part of an animal or large fish.