T-bone Definition

tēbōn
t-boned, t-boning
noun
A beefsteak from the short loin, with a T-shaped bone, containing some tenderloin.
Webster's New World
T-bone steak.
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verb
To ram (something) broadside.
T-boned by another car after running a red light.
Webster's New World

(chiefly US slang, of a car or similar vehicle) Collide perpendicularly with the side of (chiefly) another vehicle.

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Other Word Forms of T-bone

Noun

Singular:
T-bone
Plural:
t-bones

Origin of T-bone

  • From the ⊤ shape produced by the vehicles involved in such a collision, with allusion to T-bone"ŠÂ¹.

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  • Elliptical form of T-bone steak.

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