Synonyms for "tenderize" (29 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (6)

cushioneasefluffgentlekneadlaxate

Strong matches (9)

limberlimber uploosenmashmassagemellowmildenmollifyplump

Related words (14)

pulprelaxshake upsmashsoftensoften upsquashsubduesuppletendertone downtune down

Verb(2 words)

tendertenderise

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

3 entries

alterchangemodify

Synonyms

1 entries

tender

derived

1 entries

tenderizer

derived from

1 entries

tender

related to

3 entries

meattendertenderizer

Translations

11 translations across 8 languages.

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Bulgarian

1 entries

• варя до омекване verb (make tender)

Catalan

1 entries

• entendrir verb (make tender)

Finnish

1 entries

• mureuttaa verb (make tender)

Galician

2 entries

• amolecer verb (make tender)
• mazar verb (make tender)

Hungarian

3 entries

• kiklopfol verb (make tender)
• klopfol verb (make tender)
• puhít verb (make tender)

Spanish

1 entries

• ablandar verb (make tender)

Swedish

1 entries

• möra verb (make tender)

Vietnamese

1 entries

• dần verb (make tender)

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