tenderize

English

Etymology

From tender +‎ -ize.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛndərʌɪz/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Verb

tenderize (third-person singular simple present tenderizes, present participle tenderizing, simple past and past participle tenderized)

1. (transitive) To make (something, especially meat) tender.

Related terms

• tenderizer

Translations

make tender

• Bulgarian: варя до омекване (varja do omekvane)
• Catalan: entendrir (ca)
• Finnish: mureuttaa
• Galician: mazar, amolecer (gl)
• Hungarian: (make softer in general) puhít (hu), (with a mallet) klopfol (hu), kiklopfol
• Spanish: ablandar (es)
• Swedish: möra (sv)

Anagrams

• eternized