n. A public house where porter was sold; often also served steaks, chops etc
n. A cut of beef taken from the thick end of the short loin; it has a T-shaped bone and a large piece of tenderloin; a porterhouse steak
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A house where porter is sold.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A house at which porter, ale, and other malt liquors are retailed; an ale-house; also, such a house at which steaks, chops, etc., are served up; a chop-house.
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n. large steak from the thick end of the short loin containing a T-shaped bone and large piece of tenderloin
Word Usage
"If you prefer fish — and a fish that looks like a steak — get the monkfish porterhouse, which is wrapped in pancetta that keeps the flesh moist."