Definitions for tamaletəˈmɑ li
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
ta•ma•letəˈmɑ li(n.)(pl.)-les.
minced and seasoned meat packed in cornmeal dough, wrapped in corn husks, and steamed.
Category: Cooking
Origin of tamale:
1850–55; MexSp tamales, pl. of tamal < Nahuatl tamalli Amerind
Princeton's WordNet
Tamale(noun)
a city in northern Ghana
tamale(noun)
corn and cornmeal dough stuffed with a meat mixture then wrapped in corn husks and steamed
Wiktionary
tamale(Noun)
Mexican dish of cornmeal dough shell filled with various ingredients (e.g. chopped beef, pork, sweet filling) then steamed in corn husks.
Origin: plural tamales, from tamales, plural of tamal, from tamalli .
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