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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. An animal of the genus Bos, especially the common species, B. taurus, including the bull, cow, and ox, in their full grown state; esp., an ox or cow fattened for food.

2. The flesh of an ox, or cow, or of any adult bovine animal, when slaughtered for food.

3. Applied colloquially to human flesh.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, beef. Beef tea, essence of beef, or strong beef broth.

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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