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tenderizer.

Any substance added to meat, especially papain, before cooking in order to make it more tender.

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˌtɛndəˈɹaɪzə(ɹ)/
  1. Any substance added to meat, especially papain, before cooking in order to make it more tender.

  2. Any tool used to tenderize meat before cooking. A form of mallet used to beat meat before cooking.

  3. Any tool used to tenderize meat before cooking. A tool similar to a potato masher used for tenderizing

  4. Any tool used to tenderize meat before cooking. A tool with nails or blades, that can be pressed on (not unlike a stapler) to puncture the meat.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree English tender Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English tenderize English -er English tenderizer From tenderize + -er.

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