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tam |
tam-o'-shanter |
tam-tam |
tamability |
tamable |
tamale
| tamale pie
| tamandu
| tamandua
| tamandua tetradactyla
| tamanoir
tamale
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun tamale has 2 senses
- tamale(n = noun.location) Array - a city in northern Ghana; Array is a kind of city, metropolis, urban center
- tamale(n = noun.food) Array - corn and cornmeal dough stuffed with a meat mixture then wrapped in corn husks and steamed; Array is a kind of dish
is a part of ghana, gold coast, republic of ghana
CIDE DICTIONARY
tamale, n. [Amer. Sp. tamal, of Mex. origin.].
A Mexican dish made of crushed corn (cornmeal) mixed with minced meat, seasoned with red pepper, dipped in oil, and steamed. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
tamale, n. a Mexican food of seasoned meat and maize flour steamed or baked in maize husks.
Etymology
Mex. Sp. tamal, pl. tamales
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