tournedos

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

/ ˈtʊər nɪˌdoʊ, ˌtʊər nɪˈdoʊ; French tur nəˈdoʊ /

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noun, plural tour·ne·dos

[toor-ni-dohz, toor-ni-dohz; French toor-nuh-doh]. /ˈtʊər nɪˌdoʊz, ˌtʊər nɪˈdoʊz; French tur nəˈdoʊ/.

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

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Origin of tournedos

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

Words nearby tournedos

touristy, tour jeté, tourmaline, Tournai, tournament, tournedos, Tourneur, tourney, tourniquet, tournois, tour of duty

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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|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.
The Hotel St. Francis Cook Book|Victor Hirtzler

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) /

noun plural -dos (-ˌdəʊz)

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

Word Origin for tournedos

from French, from tourner to turn + dos back

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