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tenderizer

/ˌtɛndəˈɹaɪzə(ɹ)/

tenderizer noun: any substance added to meat, especially papain, before cooking in order to make it more tender.

Noun

tenderizer (plural tenderizers)

  1. Any substance added to meat, especially papain, before cooking in order to make it more tender.
  2. A form of mallet used to beat meat before cooking.
  3. A tool similar to a potato masher used for tenderizing
  4. A tool with nails or blades, that can be pressed on (not unlike a stapler) to puncture the meat.

tenderizer meaning in Tamil

tenderizer in Tamil

மென்மையாக்கல்

Forms of tenderizer

pluraltenderizers

Origin of tenderizer

From tenderize + -er.

Words that rhyme with tenderizer

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Questions about tenderizer

What does tenderizer mean?
Tenderizer means any substance added to meat, especially papain, before cooking in order to make it more tender.
What is tenderizer in Tamil?
Tenderizer in Tamil is மென்மையாக்கல். See Tenderizer meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is tenderizer?
Tenderizer is a noun.
How do you pronounce tenderizer?
Tenderizer is pronounced /ˌtɛndəˈɹaɪzə(ɹ)/.
What is the plural of tenderizer?
The plural of tenderizer is tenderizers.

Words near tenderizer in the dictionary

  1. tenderish
  2. tenderising
  3. tenderization
  4. tenderize
  5. tenderized
  6. tenderizer
  7. tenderizers
  8. tenderizes
  9. tenderizing
  10. tenderling
  11. tenderlings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tenderizer (page history and authors); tenderizer (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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