tournedos

American  

[toor-ni-doh, toor-ni-doh, toor-nuh-doh] / ˈtʊər nɪˌdoʊ, ˌtʊər nɪˈdoʊ, tur nəˈdoʊ /

noun

• tournedos
  plural

1. small slices of fillet of beef, round and thick, served with a variety of sauces and garnished.

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tournedos British  

/ ˈtʊənəˌdəʊ /

noun

1. a thick round steak of beef cut from the fillet or undercut of sirloin

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• tournedos
  plural

Etymology

Origin of tournedos

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

Example Sentences

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tournedos

Under the ticking clock, the chefs wrestle with dishes like tournedos aux morilles and quail with cherries.

From Salon ● Dec. 25, 2024

The surviving chefs face an entirely different set of challenges, trading aspics and tournedos for kefta tagines and lamb with eggplant-date purée.

From Salon ● Dec. 25, 2024

Speaking of the heroism of the night’s guests, who dined on French restaurant Patina’s tournedos au poivre, L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2016

Better yet is loco moco, a brutal architecture of fried egg, beef patty and a summit of rice, all drowned in a nearly black gravy: a working man’s tournedos Rossini.

From New York Times ● Dec. 19, 2013

Contemptuously he indicated the severed tournedos upon his plate.

From Berry And Co. by Dornford Yates