Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Steak studded with coarsely ground pepper before cooking and often flambéed with cognac.
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- noun a steak, coated with
crushed peppercorns thenfried and finished with acream andbrandy sauce
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun steak covered with crushed peppercorns pan-broiled and served with brandy-and-butter sauce
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[steak + French au poivre, with pepper (au, with the + poivre, pepper).]
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