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Tenderize

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To make (meat) tender, as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer.

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v. To make (something, especially meat) tender.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer

Word Usage

"It is usually dried in sheets and rolled to tenderize it - thus its name, "machacado" -, so it can be shreded by hand to fry it with eggs and/or salsa."

Verb Form

tenderized tenderizes tenderizing

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