pepper steak

1. 1.

   steak covered with crushed peppercorns pan-broiled and served with brandy-and-butter sauce

   Synonymssteak au poivrepeppered steak

   Broaderdish
2. 2.

   strips of steak sauteed with green peppers and onions

   Broaderdish

Questions about pepper steak

What does pepper steak mean?

pepper steak means "steak covered with crushed peppercorns pan-broiled and served with brandy-and-butter sauce". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for pepper steak?

Close synonyms include steak au poivre, peppered steak. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pepper steak a common word?

pepper steak is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.