beef´i|ness

beef´i|ness
beef|y «BEE fee», adjective, beef|i|er, beef|i|est.
1. Figurative. strong, solid, and heavy: »

a beefy wrestler.

2. like beef: »

a beefy taste.

beef´i|ness, noun.

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