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swiss steak

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.77 in modern English

Syllables
swis-s steak
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

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

Usage

Inflected Forms

Swiss steaks (plural)

Questions

What does swiss steak mean?
meat, usually beef, softened by rolling or pounding, and then braised in stewed tomatoes
Where does swiss steak come from?
See swiss (“to soften by rolling or pounding”), and (by confusion) Swiss (“of Switzerland”).

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