ground beef

noun

: beef that has been cut into very small pieces

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To ramp up the flavor, use 1 pound ground Italian sausage instead of ground beef -- so good. — ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026 Nationally, beef prices have surged amid a cattle shortage, with wholesale steak and ground beef prices jumping significantly year over year. — Wyles Daniel, jsonline.com, 5 Aug. 2026 The potatoes melt into a center of coarse ground beef, deeply savory with a subtle sweetness, and complex with the grassy, herbal brightness of culantro. — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026 Her grandchildren, ages 12, 15 and 16, miss eating lasagna with ground beef, beef fajitas and steak with plantain chips. — Arkansas Online, 26 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for ground beef

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