carabeef

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noun

Meat of the water buffalo or carabao

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Meanings

nouncarabeef (uncountable)
  1. uncountableMeat of the water buffalo or carabao

    It suggests that beef and carabeef, from animals of the same age and given a uniform feed, have indistinguishable eating quality.

    1971, Philippine Journal of Animal Science - Volumes 8-10, page 74
    1 more example

    Buffalo meat, known as “carabeef,” is India’s most valuable agricultural export, recently beating out basmati rice by a slim margin.

    2015 June 25, Max Bearak, “Indian Beef Workers Fight to Bring Back the Bull Market”, in New York Times

Origin

Blend of carabao + beef.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

braeface
Cite this entry
APA

carabeef. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carabeef

MLA

“carabeef.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carabeef. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “carabeef,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carabeef.

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