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tamale

noun ta·ma·le \tə-ˈmä-lē\

: a Mexican food that consists of seasoned ground meat or beans rolled in cornmeal, wrapped in a corn husk, and steamed

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: cornmeal dough rolled with ground meat or beans seasoned usually with chili, wrapped usually in corn husks, and steamed

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Mexican Spanish tamales, plural of tamal tamale, from Nahuatl tamalli steamed cornmeal dough

First Known Use: 1854

geographical name Ta·ma·le \tä-ˈmä-lā\

town N Ghana pop 135,952

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noun ta·ma·le \tə-ˈmä-lē\

: seasoned ground meat rolled in cornmeal, wrapped in corn husks, and steamed

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