ta·ma·le (t -mä l )n. A Mexican dish made of chopped meat and crushed peppers, highly seasoned, wrapped in cornhusks spread with masa, and steamed. [From American Spanish tamales, pl. of tamal, tamale, from Nahuatl tamalli.] |
tamale [təˈmɑːlɪ]
n
(Cookery) a Mexican dish made of minced meat mixed with crushed maize and seasonings, wrapped in maize husks and steamed
[erroneously for tamal, from Mexican Spanish, from Nahuatl tamalli]
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| Noun | 1. | Tamale - a city in northern Ghana Ghana, Gold Coast, Republic of Ghana - a republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; "Ghana was colonized as the Gold Coast by the British" |
| 2. |  tamale - corn and cornmeal dough stuffed with a meat mixture then wrapped in corn husks and steameddish - a particular item of prepared food; "she prepared a special dish for dinner" Mexico, United Mexican States - a republic in southern North America; became independent from Spain in 1810 |
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