Swiss steak

noun

meat, usually beef, softened by rolling or pounding, and then braised in stewed tomatoes

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Meanings

nounSwiss steak (countable and uncountable, plural Swiss steaks)

plural Swiss steaks

  1. countableuncountablemeat, usually beef, softened by rolling or pounding, and then braised in stewed tomatoes

Origin

See swiss (“to soften by rolling or pounding”), and (by confusion) Swiss (“of Switzerland”).

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APA

Swiss steak. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Swiss%20steak

MLA

“Swiss steak.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Swiss%20steak. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Swiss steak,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Swiss%20steak.

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