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1. Cattle that are reared for their meat
   - beef cattle
    
2. Meat from an adult domestic bovine
   - boeuf
    
3. Informal term for objecting
   "I have a beef about the service here"
   - gripe, kick, bitch, squawk

1. Complain
   - gripe, bitch, grouse, crab, squawk, bellyache, holler

Derived forms: beefs, beeves, beefed, beefing

Type of: Bos taurus, cattle, complain, cows, kick, kine [archaic], kvetch [N. Amer], meat, objection, oxen, plain [archaic], quetch, sound off

Part of: Bos taurus, cattle, cows, kine [archaic], oxen

Encyclopedia: Beef Beef, it's what's for dinner