Definitions for porterhouse

porterhouse por·ter·house

Spelling: [pawr-ter-hous, pohr-]
IPA: /ˈpɔr tərˌhaʊs, ˈpoʊr-/

Porterhouse is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 693 anagrams from letters in porterhouse (eehooprrstu).

Definitions for porterhouse

noun

  1. Also called porterhouse steak. a choice cut of beef from between the prime ribs and the sirloin.
  2. Archaic. a house at which porter and other liquors are retailed.

Origin of porterhouse

First recorded in 1750-60; porter3 + house

Examples for porterhouse

I cooked it in as neat as you please in your half the porterhouse.

From it come the fillet or tenderloin, the sirloin, and the porterhouse steaks.

The best pieces for broiling are the porterhouse and sirloin.

He reminded the parlor that there had been porterhouse the last time.

It says stake; I dont know whether its a porterhouse or a sirloin.

Of the round, one-twelfth is waste, and of the porterhouse one-eighth.

With her own hands the girl cut a piece of the porterhouse for Mr. Queed.

The best pieces for steak are the porterhouse, sirloin and rump.

"I should like a porterhouse with mushrooms," he announced promptly.

Remember the last time she was here—the time we had the porterhouse?

Word Value for porterhouse
Scrable

16

Words with friends

17

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