TAMAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tamal mean? 

• TAMAL (noun)
  The noun TAMAL has 1 sense:

1. dough stuffed with a meat mixture and sometimes wrapped in corn husks and steamed

  Familiarity information: TAMAL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TAMAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Dough stuffed with a meat mixture and sometimes wrapped in corn husks and steamed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

tamal; tamale

Hypernyms ("tamal" is a kind of...):

dish (a particular item of prepared food)

Domain region:

Mexico; United Mexican States (a republic in southern North America; became independent from Spain in 1810)