Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A Mexican dish made of chopped meat and crushed peppers, highly seasoned, wrapped in cornhusks spread with masa, and steamed.
Wiktionary
- n. Mexican dish of cornmeal dough shell filled with various ingredients (e.g. chopped beef, pork, sweet filling) then steamed in corn husks.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A Mexican dish made of crushed corn (cornmeal) mixed with minced meat, seasoned with red pepper, dipped in oil, and steamed.
WordNet 3.0
- n. corn and cornmeal dough stuffed with a meat mixture then wrapped in corn husks and steamed
- n. a city in northern Ghana
Etymologies
- Back-formation from plural tamales, from Spanish tamales, plural of tamal, from Nahuatl tamalli ("wrapped"). (Wiktionary)
- From American Spanish tamales, pl. of tamal, tamale, from Nahuatl tamalli. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Is there an actual chance of getting a cheese tamale from the tamale lady or beef, chicken, cheese its a crap shoot?”
“Or I’d order a cup of roasted corn topped with sour cream and salsa at a stand outside of Fiesta followed by a tamale from a Mexican butcher and a cheeseburger from Whataburger.”
“However, do yourself a favor and be sure to order the chile and cheese tamale, which is melt in your mouth delicious.”
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“She called our tamale supplier in California to order five dozen for Christmas Eve.”
“The classic accompaniment to this dish in the Sierra Huasteca is a sweet corn tamale, which is dipped into the sauce.”
“The staples on the combo plate fell short of expectations; the tamale was a tad dry, and the enchilada could've used more cheese.”
“The tamale was the best I have ever had, and for the first time ever, I did not have to ask for spicy salsa for my nachos.”
“My Mexican friends go crazy when I say "tamale" instead of tamal.”
“English-speakers have been incorrectly calling them "tamale" for centuries, but a native speaker of Spanish will tell you in a second that it is really "tamal".”
“After steaming, you've got sort of a Vietnamese-style 'tamale'.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘tamale’.
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Open List: The World of Corn
Corn-related words and phrases. This versatile crop is so important to cultures and economies - from most basic indigenous foodstuff and animal feed to source of biopolymer and biofuel.
seed corn, field corn, flint corn, sweet corn, biofuel, biopolymer, corn starch, modified corn starch, cornstarch, cornflour, polylactic acid, citric acid and 390 more...
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vegan
vegan food list of basic vegan food or types of vegan food you've had and liked.
( food, cuisine, eating, health, vegan, vegetarian, animal rights, anti-cruelty, no meat, herbivore, s...tofu, hummus, falafel, cookie, soy, nuts, fruit, burrito, veggie burger, soy cheese, rice, pasta and 52 more...
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Nahuatl
"Spanish náhuatl, from Nahuatl, that which pleases the ear, from nahua-, audible, intelligent, clear."
- etymology from The American Heritage Dictionary
Nahuatl, Zapotec, Aztec, avocado, guacamole, amole, atlatl, axolotl, black sapote, cacao, cacomistle, chayote and 77 more...
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calefactory
just plain hot
hot as blue blazes, frowsty, simoomy, scorcher, solfatara, (hot) dog days, burninga, chilidog days, red-hot, saburration, whot, sudatorium and 11 more...
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Exotic Tastes
Interesting words related to food, ingredients, dishes, cookery, cuisines and so on. Exotic in this case is entirely subjective, with funkelberries on top.
tatty, neep, flummery, babaganoush, tahini, samphire, loblolly, scrumpy, fressen, luwak, duxelle, edamame and 213 more...
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new acquisitions
found in the wild (i.e., not on Wordie!)
samara, indehiscent, paschal, rogation, wen, rete, diriment, epicene, duramen, euhemerism, objurgate, canaille and 429 more...
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Edible
sashimi, tiramisu, quenepa, lychee, dulce de leche, flan, buffalo wings, sorbet, pasteles, sherbet, turducken, mochi and 79 more...
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Strawberry Shortcake and Friends
raisin cane, sour grapes, peculiar purple p..., maple stirrup, coco nutwork, horseradish, tamale, flitter-bit, escargot, lucky bug, mr. sun, banana twirl and 21 more...
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thobbs's Words
coyote, chocolate, chipotle, guacamole, tomato, mesquite, peyote, tamale
Tweets
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dontcry Robert Johnson: King of the Mississippi Delta Blues Nov 24, 2009
sarra ♪♫ Hot tamales and they're red hot! Yes, she's got 'em for sale... ♫♪ (Robert Johnson) Nov 24, 2009