beef tenderloin
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- noun
- /biːf ˈtɛndərlɔɪn/
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solomillo de res
- No ham, no swordfish, no beef tenderloin, just turkey and pie.
- roasted beef tenderloin
- beef tenderloin steaks
- grilled beef tenderloin
Examples
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The third course will be roasted beef tenderloin with spinach aglio e olio and truffle-infused mashed potatoes.
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And then the other main was beef tenderloin or something with veggies.
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CHEF: Beef tenderloin fillets are up.
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Sure, beef tenderloin costs $15.99 a pound.
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We got some lobster, we got beef tenderloin, and then we got the beautiful little foie gras.
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The Entree: Cold beef tenderloin with Béarnaise sauce.
Fiction book (1998) -
Apparently, all you do is coat a beef tenderloin in pat, wrap it in crepe to keep it moist, roll it in puff pastry, and cook.
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The main course was beef tenderloin served with a creamy mushroom sauce.
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For our anniversary dinner, I decided to prepare beef tenderloin with roasted vegetables.
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The restaurant is famous for its grilled beef tenderloin served with garlic mashed potatoes.
Synonyms
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3.7
A cut of meat from near the spine that is soft and easy to cut for special meals
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A piece of beef from one part of a cow used for cooking
A cut of beef from the cow's back that is tender and tasty
How Tender
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'beef' (meat from a cow) with 'tenderloin' (the very tender loin cut); together they refer to the tenderloin cut of beef. This straightforward noun–noun compound is a common culinary pattern across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will understand it.
Etymology
Beef tenderloin is a name that points to the meat and the soft cut: beef (cow meat) and tender + loin (the soft part of the animal's back). The loin is a muscle that does very little work, so the meat stays 'tender', and that is why cooks use beef tenderloin for special dishes.