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BEEF [2 records]

Record 1 2018-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meats and Meat Industries
DEF

The meat of bovines (e.g., cows, steers and bulls) slaughtered when older than 1 year, generally, it has a dark red color, a rich flavor, interior marbling, external fat and a firm to tender texture.

OBS

beef meat: a butchery term.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Salaison, boucherie et charcuterie
DEF

Toute viande provenant d'un bovin adulte, quel que soit son sexe : taureau, vache et bœuf.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Industria cárnica, de fiambres y embutidos
CONT

La carne vacuna es de gran valor nutricional por sus proteínas [...], por su aporte en vitaminas del grupo B y hierro, por su gran aceptabilidad, agradable sabor y elevado poder de saciedad.

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Record 2 2003-08-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Calcareous Rock (Quarrying)
  • Geology
OBS

beef: A quarrymen's term, used originally in Purbeck, southern England, for thin, flat-lying veins or layers of fibrous calcite, anhydrite, gypsum , halite, or silica, occurring along bedding planes of shale, giving a resemblance to beef. It appears to be due to rapid crystallization in lenticular cavities.

OBS

bacon: A quarrymen's term used in Portland, southern England for beef.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Carrières de roches calcaires
  • Géologie
DEF

Mince lame de 1 à 5 cm d'épaisseur, au sein d'une roche sédimentaire, constituée de cristaux allongés et à peu près perpendiculaires aux épontes : calcite au sein de formations marneuses, etc.

PHR

Filon de calcite fibreux.

Spanish

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