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Meaning of "porterhouse" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PORTERHOUSE

: said to be named after a porterhouse or chophouse in New York.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PORTERHOUSE

porterhouse  [ˈpɔːtəˌhaʊs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PORTERHOUSE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Porterhouse is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PORTERHOUSE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of porterhouse in the English dictionary

The definition of porterhouse in the dictionary is Also called: porterhouse steak. a thick choice steak of beef cut from the middle ribs or sirloin. Other definition of porterhouse is a place in which porter, beer, etc, and sometimes chops and steaks, were served.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PORTERHOUSE


Bauhaus
ˈbaʊˌhaʊs
chapterhouse
ˈtʃæptəˌhaʊs
Charterhouse
ˈtʃɑːtəˌhaʊs
clubhouse
ˈklʌbˌhaʊs
courthouse
ˈkɔːtˌhaʊs
farmhouse
ˈfɑːmˌhaʊs
greenhouse
ˈɡriːnˌhaʊs
guesthouse
ˈɡɛstˌhaʊs
lighthouse
ˈlaɪtˌhaʊs
motherhouse
ˈmʌðəˌhaʊs
penthouse
ˈpɛntˌhaʊs
playhouse
ˈpleɪˌhaʊs
poorhouse
ˈpʊəˌhaʊs
powerhouse
ˈpaʊəˌhaʊs
slaughterhouse
ˈslɔːtəˌhaʊs
steakhouse
ˈsteɪkˌhaʊs
summerhouse
ˈsʌməˌhaʊs
warehouse
ˈwɛəˌhaʊs
Waterhouse
ˈwɔːtəˌhaʊs
Winehouse
waɪnˌhaʊs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PORTERHOUSE

porte-cochere
portend
portent
portentous
portentously
portentousness
porter
porter´s lodge
porterage
portered
porteress
porterhouse steak
porterly
portesse
portfire
portfolio
portfolio employment
portfolio manager
portfolio worker
porthole

WORDS THAT END LIKE PORTERHOUSE

auction house
beach house
coffee house
country house
detached house
engine house
firehouse
full house
house
house-to-house
in-house
lady of the house
mouse
Mulhouse
on the house
open house
opera house
steak house
terraced house
town house
treehouse

Synonyms and antonyms of porterhouse in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «porterhouse» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PORTERHOUSE

Find out the translation of porterhouse to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of porterhouse from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «porterhouse» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

等腰
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

châteaubriand
570 millions of speakers

English

porterhouse
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

भोजनालय
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بورتيرهوسي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пивная
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Porterhouse
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

porterhouse
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

aloyau
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Rumah porter
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Porterhouse
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ポーターハウス
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

맛좋은
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Porterhouse
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

kho chứa hàng trước khi chở
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

porterhouse
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

द्वारपाल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

birahane
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

porterhouse
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Porterhouse
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пивна
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Porterhouse
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ψαρονέφρι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Porterhouse
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

porter
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

porter
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of porterhouse

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PORTERHOUSE»

The term «porterhouse» is regularly used and occupies the 91.687 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PORTERHOUSE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «porterhouse» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «porterhouse» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about porterhouse

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PORTERHOUSE»

Discover the use of porterhouse in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to porterhouse and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Porterhouse Blue: (Porterhouse Blue Series 1)
He is the funniest author to have emerged for years' Observer 'Chuckling good fun, a glorious romp' Sunday Express 'This supremely entertaining book is guaranteed to make you laugh' Books & Bookmen 'Tom Sharpe makes me laugh loud and long .
Tom Sharpe, 2011
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Grantchester Grind: (Porterhouse Blue Series 2)
'The best of British farce-masters is back' Mail on Sunday 'Has all the ingredients of a classic Sharpe novel - grotesque characters, outlandish plot, scabrous dialogue' The Times 'Dynamic, fertile, knockabout energy' Evening Standard 'A ...
Tom Sharpe, 2011
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Initiatives for Electronic Commerce Capacity-building of ...
training course. QBIKS charged IRP 50k for the site, at a rate of IRP 500 per day over 84 days. Porterhouse had to make some compromises to achieve the desired e-business solution within budget and sacrificed certain areas of functionality ...
‎2003
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Field Guide to Meat: How to Identify, Select, and Prepare ...
T-BONE AND PORTERHOUSE STEAKS General The T-bone and the porterhouse are steakhouse favorites Description: adjoining each other on the loin and including portions of both the tenderloin and the strip loin. These bone-in steaks ...
Aliza Green, 2005
5
Pennsylvania Breweries
5775 Lower York Road, Lahaska, PA 18931 215-794-9373 www.porterhousepub .com Porterhouse Restaurant and Brewery is new, but it's in the building of the old Buckingham Mountain brewpub in Lahaska. If you have bad memories of the  ...
Lew Bryson, 2005
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The Anguish of Leadership
During that period of uncertainty about her career path, Porterhouse heeded the advice of a professor who suggested she try teaching for a little while, until she made the leap to medical school. “So I dashed into student teaching and began ...
Jerry Patterson, 2000
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LIFE
The smash number of Wickard's Follies is a black-market skit built around a song and ballet entitled Porterhouse Lucy. The song, with music by Earl Robinson ( Ballad for Americans) and lyrics by poet Alfred Hayes, opens by comparing its juicy ...
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Cupboard Love 2: A Dictionary of Culinary Curiosities
porterhouse steak — potable porterhouse steak In the late fourteenth century, labourers who specialized in carrying heavy things from place to place came to be known as porters, a word that derives from the Latin portare, meaning to carry.
Mark Morton, 2004
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Lobel's Prime Time Grilling: Recipes and Tips from America's ...
Shaped similar to a T-bone, the porterhouse is made up of a large portion of shell steak on one side of the “T” and a smaller portion of tenderloin on the other. However, the porterhouse is cut from the part of the short loin nearest the sirloin and ...
Evan Lobel, Mark Lobel, David Lobel, 2007
10
Bobby Flay's Boy Gets Grill: 125 Reasons to Light Your Fire!
BOBBY BOY GETS GRILL 206 Porterhouse Steaks with Fra Diavolo Barbecue Sauce and Cherry Pepper Salad I came up with this Italian-American steak dish for the firemen who work in the Arthur Avenue neighborhood of the Bronx. It was an ...
Bobby Flay, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PORTERHOUSE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term porterhouse is used in the context of the following news items.
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chop239's cut-price cuisine
... under $20, or you can go the whole hog, says Porto, with sumptuous full meals like the big porterhouse for 2 at around the $40 to $50 mark. «Marco Island Sun Times, Jul 15»
2
Arts and entertainment calendar
Porterhouse Grill: Live Jazz 6-9 p.m., 459 E. Broad St. Every Wednesday night. www.porterhouseathens.com. Bling Pig Tavern: Full Contact ... «Online Athens, Jul 15»
3
The village mourns the loss of a veteran police detective
Located at 20230 Old Cutler Road the business specializes in premium cuts of beef, such as Porterhouse, T-Bones, Shortribs, Whole Shortloins ... «Miami's Community Newspapers, Jul 15»
4
First Liberty Public Market tenants revealed
Imagine, for a moment, stopping off on your way home from work to pick up a thick porterhouse steak custom butchered for you, then heading to ... «The San Diego Union-Tribune, Jul 15»
5
Buon Appetito! Legislative leaders spend on fine Italian restaurants
... saffron risotto Milanese, “Truffle-scented veal porterhouse, pan-seared, with roasted vegetables, lobster mushrooms, and stone-ground white ... «Boston Globe, Jul 15»
6
Roots & Rye opens tonight at Santana Row
Chef de Cuisine Jason Hahn came down the Peninsula after stints at Block 34, Porterhouse San Mateo and Mayfield to create a menu that ... «San Jose Mercury News, Jul 15»
7
'Gonzo Girl': A Hunter S. Thompson roman à clef thrill ride
Reade's restaurant order for two: "Five of the porterhouse steaks. Very rare, please. Then we'll have three orders of the double-cut pork chop. «Newsday, Jul 15»
8
Who Feeds the Farmer?: Omaha Prime steps up with lofty offerings
An 11-ounce Filet Mignon is $36.95, 20-ounce New York Strip or 24-ounce Porterhouse are $47.95. Not all entrees are steaks. Alaskan King ... «Midwest Producer, Jul 15»
9
Tables at Wild Rosemary Bistro in Upper St. Clair hardest to reserve
She also cited the 12-ounce veal chop with hot bacon syrup; rack of lamb with black-eyed peas, olives and feta, and the 22-ounce porterhouse ... «Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Jul 15»
10
6 new restaurants in Jupiter, Harbourside Place
... broth ($16), seared scallop risotto ($37), seafood cioppino ($55), beef short rib and charred cipollini onion ($33), 32-ounce porterhouse steak ... «Palm Beach Post, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Porterhouse [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/porterhouse>. May 2024 ».
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