TENDERIZATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tenderization mean? 

• TENDERIZATION (noun)
  The noun TENDERIZATION has 1 sense:

1. the act of making meat tender by pounding or marinating it

  Familiarity information: TENDERIZATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TENDERIZATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of making meat tender by pounding or marinating it

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

tenderisation; tenderization

Hypernyms ("tenderization" is a kind of...):

improvement (the act of improving something)

Holonyms ("tenderization" is a part of...):

cookery; cooking; preparation (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat)

Derivation:

tenderize (make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer)