beef: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 9 letter points · starts with B · ends with F
Meaning of beef
noun
- uncountable
The meat from cattle or other bovines; especially, that from adults.
Example: I love eating beef.
- countable, uncountable
The meat from cattle or other bovines; especially, that from adults. The edible portions of a cow (including those which are not meat).
Example: lean finely textured beef
- broadly, slang, uncountable
The meat from cattle or other bovines; especially, that from adults. Muscle or musculature; size, strength or potency.
Example: Put some beef into it! We've got to get the car over the bump.
- figuratively, slang, uncountable
The meat from cattle or other bovines; especially, that from adults. Essence, content; the important part of a document or project.
Example: The beef of his paper was a long rant about government.
Listed forms: beefs, beeves.
Source: Wiktionary — beef.
verb
- intransitive, slang
To complain.
- slang, transitive
To add weight or strength to.
- intransitive, slang
To fart; break wind.
Example: Ugh, who just beefed in here?
- Yorkshire, intransitive
To cry.
Example: David was beefing last night after Ruth told him off.
Listed forms: beefs, beefing, beefed.
Source: Wiktionary — beef.
adj
- not-comparable
Being a bovine animal that is being raised for its meat.
Example: We bought three beef calves this morning.
- not-comparable
Producing or known for raising lots of beef.
Example: beef farms
- not-comparable
Consisting of or containing beef as an ingredient.
Example: beef stew
- not-comparable, slang
Beefy; powerful; robust.
Example: Wow, your audio setup is beef!
Source: Wiktionary — beef.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for beef.
noun
cattle that are reared for their meat
- beef cattle
noun
meat from an adult domestic bovine
- boeuf
noun
informal terms for objecting
verb
complain
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is beef in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of beef
B(3) + E(1) + E(1) + F(4) = 9 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of beef
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from beef
4 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in beef. Showing up to 24, longest first.