steak (stāk), noun [OE. steike, Icel. steik, akin to Icel. steikja to roast, stikna to be roasted or scorched, and E. stick, the steak being broiled on a spit. See Stick, transitive verb]

A slice of beef, broiled, or cut for broiling; – also extended to the meat of other large animals; as, venison steak; bear steak; pork steak; turtle steak.

-- Webster's unabridged 1913