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Another word for beef

NOUN

  1. Solid and well-developed muscles

    See also:

    body

  2. An expression of dissatisfaction or a circumstance regarded as a cause for such expression

    Idiom:

    bone-to-pick

    See also:

    happy

VERB

  1. To express negative feelings, especially of dissatisfaction or resentment

    See also:

    happy

    feelings

Idioms

void

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Another word for beef

NOUN

  1. Bovine flesh used as food

    See also:

    meat

  2. A grown animal of the genus Bos

    See also:

    cow

  3. *Human flesh

    See also:

    muscle

  4. *A complaint

    See also:

    objection

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Sentence Examples

  • Her beef was with Dulce - and maybe Alex.

  • The rapid development of the foreign trade of the republic since 1881 is due to settled internal conditions and to the prime necessity to the commercial world of many Argentine products, such as beef, mutton, hides, wool, wheat and Indian corn.

  • Minas Geraes produces cheese, butter and milk, as well as beef cattle for neighbouring cities.

  • He nearly dropped the plate of roast beef.

  • In its outskirts and the surrounding country are an immense number of xarqueadas (slaughter-houses), with large open yards where the dressed beef, lightly salted, is exposed to the sun and air.

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