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ta·ma·le

(tə-mä′lē)

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.]

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tamale

(təˈmɑːlɪ)

(Cookery) a Mexican dish made of minced meat mixed with crushed maize and seasonings, wrapped in maize husks and steamed

[C19: erroneously for tamal, from Mexican Spanish, from Nahuatl tamalli]

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ta•ma•le

(təˈmɑ li)

n., pl. -les.

minced and seasoned meat packed in cornmeal dough, wrapped in corn husks, and steamed.

[1850–55; Mexican Spanish tamales, pl. of tamal < Nahuatl tamalliAmerind]

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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 steamed dish - 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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tamale

[təˈmɑːl>ɪ] N → tamal m

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