beef

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /biːf/, SAMPA: /bi:f/

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Noun

Singular beef

Plural beefs

beef for inspection

1. (uncountable) Beef is the meat of a cow.

   We're having ground beef for dinner.

2. (countable) (slang) A beef is a complaint: something that bothers someone, or that someone keeps getting a little angry about.

   One of my biggest beefs about this place is that you can't get a drink of water here.