Associations to the word «Tenderizer»

Wiktionary

TENDERIZER, noun. Any substance added to meat before cooking in order to make it more tender, especially any source of the enzyme papain
TENDERIZER, noun. A form of mallet used to beat meat before cooking

Dictionary definition

TENDERIZER, noun. A substance (as the plant enzyme papain) applied to meat to make it tender.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats