biltong
/ˈbɪl(ˌ)tɒŋ/
biltong noun: a South African food categorized by strips of lean meat cured by salting and drying, similar to American jerky.
Noun
biltong (countable and uncountable, plural biltongs)
- A South African food categorized by strips of lean meat cured by salting and drying, similar to American jerky.
- The rest of the buck's flesh we cut into strips and hung in the sun to dry into 'biltong,' as, I believe, the South African Dutch call flesh thus prepared.1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC
- "P W who …?" Mr William Clark is reputed to have said when he was being quizzed for the job of American Assistant Secretary of State. Well, whatever political reminders he might now have, he will never forget our prime minister [P. W. Botha] after being given so memorable a dish as biltong souffle...1981, “The Star: Gastro-diplomacy”, in South African Digest: Fortnightly Digest of South African Affairs, Pretoria: Department of Information, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 20, column 3
biltong meaning in Tamil
biltong in Tamil
- இறைச்சி உணக்கல் கீற்று
Examples of biltong in a sentence
- Botha] after being given so memorable a dish as biltong souffle for breakfast yesterday, backed up by straight biltong and maroela jelly.1981, “The Star: Gastro-diplomacy”, in South African Digest: Fortnightly Digest of South African Affairs, Pretoria: Department of...
- Snacks include biltong and chakalaka spicy relish – all available from specialist store the Savanna.2026 June 6, Joanne Gould, “Pass the chakalaka! The best World Cup drinks and snacks – inspired by all 48 teams”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
Forms of biltong
| plural | biltongs |
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Origin of biltong
Borrowed from Afrikaans biltong, from bil (“buttock, hindquarter”) + tong (“tongue, strip”).
Questions about biltong
- What does biltong mean?
- Biltong means a South African food categorized by strips of lean meat cured by salting and drying, similar to American jerky.
- What is biltong in Tamil?
- Biltong in Tamil is இறைச்சி உணக்கல் கீற்று. See Biltong meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use biltong in a sentence?
- Botha] after being given so memorable a dish as biltong souffle for breakfast yesterday, backed up by straight biltong and maroela jelly.
- What part of speech is biltong?
- Biltong is a noun.
- How do you pronounce biltong?
- Biltong is pronounced /ˈbɪl(ˌ)tɒŋ/.
- What is the plural of biltong?
- The plural of biltong is biltongs.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: biltong (page history and authors); biltong (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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