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tartare

American  
[tahr-tahr] / tɑrˈtɑr /

adjective

  1. (especially of fish) finely chopped and served raw (used postpositively).

    salmon tartare.


Etymology

Origin of tartare

Extracted from steak tartare

Example Sentences

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Pike perch tartare from Lake Oulujärvi rests on malt bread with capers and dill oil and a whisper of pine tar.

From Salon

Reindeer tartare with red cabbage and fermented garlic mayonnaise.

From Salon

We started with the seafood plateau royale, piled high with oysters, sashimi, lobster claws, shrimp and tartare, all incredibly fresh.

From Salon

After we ordered—a smoked salmon club sandwich for me, steak tartare for him and two oak-aged Negronis—Andrea showed me the Andy Warhol, Francis Bacon and Picasso paintings that are the hotel’s pride.

From The Wall Street Journal

In 2010, she opened Bao Bei, a modern Chinese restaurant that perseveres to this day, serving dishes like beef tartare with burned scallion oil and spongy buns stuffed with braised pork belly and fermented mustard greens.

From The Wall Street Journal