tamale
a Mexican dish made of minced and seasoned meat packed in cornmeal dough, wrapped in corn husks, and steamed.
Origin of tamale
1Other definitions for Tamale (2 of 2)
a city in N Ghana.
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How to use tamale in a sentence
Well, they've been eating it in Bolivia for millennia, in everything from simple stews to tamales.
Tonight, there would be little steel saw-blades in the tamales she was to bring for his supper.
The Long Dim Trail | Forrestine C. HookerPanchita had called at the jail several times since the trial, ostensibly to sell tamales to the prisoners and their guards.
The Long Dim Trail | Forrestine C. HookerThe tamales thus prepared are covered with a banana-leaf or corn-husk and placed in a pot or pan over which large leaves are laid.
The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 1 | Hubert Howe BancroftTamales is the name for balls of cooked maize mixed with beef and chile, and rolled in leaves.
The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 1 | Hubert Howe Bancroft
All the Mexican dishes that are common now, such as tamales, enchiladas and frijoles, were favorite dishes then.
Sixty Years in Southern California 1853-1913 | Harris Newmark
British Dictionary definitions for tamale
/ (təˈmɑːlɪ) /
a Mexican dish made of minced meat mixed with crushed maize and seasonings, wrapped in maize husks and steamed
Origin of tamale
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