posole

noun po·so·le \pō-ˈsō-(ˌ)lā\

Definition of POSOLE

: a thick soup chiefly of Mexico and the United States Southwest made with pork, hominy, garlic, and chili

po·so·le or po·zo·le \pō-ˈsō-(ˌ)lā\

Mexican Spanish, from Nahuatl pozolli, from the base of pozōn- boil, be covered with foam

First Known Use: 1931

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