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Swiss steak

Swiss steak noun: meat, usually beef, softened by rolling or pounding, and then braised in stewed tomatoes.

Noun

Swiss steak (countable and uncountable, plural Swiss steaks)

  1. meat, usually beef, softened by rolling or pounding, and then braised in stewed tomatoes

Forms of Swiss steak

pluralSwiss steaks

Origin of Swiss steak

See swiss (“to soften by rolling or pounding”), and (by confusion) Swiss (“of Switzerland”).

Questions about Swiss steak

What does Swiss steak mean?
Swiss steak means meat, usually beef, softened by rolling or pounding, and then braised in stewed tomatoes.
What part of speech is Swiss steak?
Swiss steak is a noun.
What is the plural of Swiss steak?
The plural of Swiss steak is Swiss steaks.

Words near Swiss steak in the dictionary

  1. Swiss roll
  2. Swiss rolls
  3. Swiss shower
  4. Swiss showers
  5. Swiss Standard German
  6. Swiss steak
  7. Swiss steaks
  8. Swiss stone pine
  9. Swiss stone pines
  10. Swiss system
  11. Swiss-cheesed

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