sinewy
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7.6
- adjective
- /ˈsɪnjuːi/
:
fibroso
- Many people avoid sinewy cuts of meat because they require more effort to break down while chewing.
Examples
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It's total sinew with grill it over the charcoal and with thyper like chili, hot chilies, sinewy tuna.
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The steak was sinewy and difficult to chew, making it less enjoyable to eat.
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A cat was eating something sinewy by an upturned garbage can.
Fiction book (1995) -
After cooking for hours, the brisket remained sinewy and tough, not tender as expected.
Synonyms
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1.7
Hard to cut and chew, often meat or old bread
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1.0
Hard to bite and break with your teeth because it is tough and a little rubbery
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4.4
Tough and full of thin fibers that are hard to chew
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7.8
Food, especially meat, that has tough parts that are hard to chew
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6.0
Having tough stringy parts that are hard to chew
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Etymology
The word sinewy comes from the old English word sinew, which means 'tendon', the tough cord you sometimes find in meat. So when meat is called sinewy, it has many of those tough cords and is 'difficult to chew'.