t-bone

UK/ˈtiːbəʊn/

noun

A T-bone steak.

Meanings

t-bone1

nount-bone (plural t-bones)

plural t-bones

  1. alternativeAlternative form of T-bone.

t-bone2

verbt-bone (third-person singular simple present t-bones, present participle t-boning, simple past and past participle t-boned)

present singular third person t-bones · participle present t-boning · participle past t-boned · past t-boned

  1. alternativeAlternative form of T-bone.

T-bone3

nounT-bone (plural T-bones)

plural T-bones · alternative t-bone

  1. A T-bone steak.

    The barbecue was over. It had been a good one; drinks, charcoaled T-bones, rare, a green salad and Meg's special dressing.

    1984, Stephen King, The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet

T-bone4

verbT-bone (third-person singular simple present T-bones, present participle T-boning, simple past and past participle T-boned)

present singular third person T-bones · participle present T-boning · participle past T-boned · past T-boned · alternative t-bone

  1. CanadaUSslangtransitiveTo collide perpendicularly with the side of another vehicle.

    Its hood had already been accordioned from T-boning somebody else[.]

    1993, Car and Driver, volume 39, Hachette Magazines, Inc., page 25
    2 more examples

    Holmes, who was a lap ahead and in 6th spot, couldn’t avoid T-boning him and in the coming together they were both out.

    1984, R and T, volume 35, CBS Publications, page 187

    They get to an intersection when suddenly the limo gets T-boned and everything gets thrown around all over the car.

    2007, Paul Myers, It Ain’t Easy: Long John Baldry and the Birth of the British Blues, Greystone Books, →ISBN, page 77, →ISBN
nounT-bone (plural T-bones)

plural T-bones · alternative t-bone

  1. A vehicular collision of this kind.

Origin

T-bone · verb, noun

From the ⊤ shape produced by the vehicles involved in such a collision, with allusion to T-bone ¹.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 側撞 /侧撞, 側撞 /侧撞
  • 側撞 /侧撞 (cèzhuàng)Translations
  • 側撞 /侧撞 (cèzhuàng)Translations
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APA

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Chicago

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

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