pastrami
[ puh-strah-mee ]
/ pəˈstrɑ mi /
noun
a brisket of beef that has been cured in a mixture of garlic, peppercorns, sugar, coriander seeds, etc., then smoked before cooking.
Origin of pastrami
1935–40; < Yiddish
pastrame < Romanian
pastramă pressed, cured meat; a Balkanism of uncertain origin (compare Modern Greek
pastramâs, Serbo-Croatian
pȁstrma), perhaps ultimately < Turkish
pastιrma, taken as variant of
bastιrma, equivalent to
bastιr-, causative stem of
bas- press, squeeze +
-ma verbal noun suffix
Words nearby pastrami
pastoralize,
pastorate,
pastorium,
pastorship,
pastose,
pastrami,
pastry,
pastry blender,
pastry brush,
pastry cream,
pastry tube
Example sentences from the Web for pastrami
It was conducted around a platter of pastrami sandwiches cut into quarters.
But if you like pastrami—or, in my case, turkey pastrami—this is your spot.
British Dictionary definitions for pastrami
pastrami
/ (pəˈstrɑːmɪ) /
noun
highly seasoned smoked beef, esp prepared from a shoulder cut
Word Origin for pastrami
from Yiddish, from Romanian
pastramǎ, from
pǎstra to preserve