1. adverb. Late means near the end of a day, week, year, or other period of time. It was late in the afternoon. She had to work late at night. His autobiography was written late in life. The case is expected to end late next week. Since late last year the border area has been the scene of heavy fighting.
The cowry was the shell most widely used worldwide as shell money. It is most abundant in the Indian Ocean, and was collected in the Maldive Islands, in Sri Lanka, along the Malabar coast, in Borneo and on other East Indian islands, and in various parts of the African coast from Ras Hafun to Mozambique.
Round steak comes from the top of the cow's hind leg. Like most cuts that come from the legs, it tends to be stringier -- the cow uses these muscles more. Chuck steak comes from the neck and shoulder area. It sometimes contains a cross-section of rib bone. Rib-eye steak comes from the end of the rib. Flank steak comes from the flank of the cow -- the side-belly area. It is unusual in that the muscle grain runs parallel to the cut.