tournedos

[ toor-ni-doh, toor-ni-doh; French toor-nuh-doh ]

noun,plural tour·ne·dos [toor-ni-dohz, toor-ni-dohz; French toor-nuh-doh]. /ˈtʊər nɪˌdoʊz, ˌtʊər nɪˈdoʊz; French tur nəˈdoʊ/.
  1. small slices of fillet of beef, round and thick, served with a variety of sauces and garnished.

Origin of tournedos

1
1920–25; <French, equivalent to tourne(r) to turn + dos (<Latin dorsum back)

Words Nearby tournedos

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How to use tournedos in a sentence

  • The horse filet “tournedos style” wrapped in pork fat seemed more appealing, but maybe just a bit too much for lunch.

    My Horsemeat Lunch | Christopher Dickey | February 27, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • Cut potatoes in strips, and fry them golden brown in hot Crisco; arrange these round tournedos, and serve hot.

    The Story of Crisco | Marion Harris Neil
  • Eh bien, deux jours après, toute la ville m'appelait Lancret-tournedos.

    Histoires grises | E. Edouard Tavernier
  • Salt and pepper the tournedos, saut in butter, and put on a platter.

  • Therefore the menu is to be very simple: truite à la Bellevue, tournedos aux pommes, some fruit.

    General Bramble | Andr Maurois
  • It speaks of things which will never be realized; suprme de volaille, tournedos la poivrade, and so forth.

    An Englishman in Paris | Albert D. (Albert Dresden) Vandam

British Dictionary definitions for tournedos

tournedos

/ (ˈtʊənəˌdəʊ) /


nounplural -dos (-ˌdəʊz)
  1. a thick round steak of beef cut from the fillet or undercut of sirloin

Origin of tournedos

1
from French, from tourner to turn + dos back

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