tamale

Thân thiện

A cook prepares a fresh tamale by wrapping it in a corn husk.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A traditional Mesoamerican dish made of masa (a dough made from nixtamalized corn) that is filled with various ingredients (such as meats, cheeses, fruits, or chilies), wrapped in a corn husk or banana leaf, and then steamed or boiled.
   • A city in northern Ghana, serving as the capital of the Northern Region.

Examples of Usage

• Noun (Food):
  • For lunch, she ordered a chicken tamale with green chili sauce.
  • Making tamales is often a family activity during the holidays.
• Noun (Place):
  • Tamale is an important commercial and transportation hub in Ghana.
  • The airport in Tamale connects the northern part of the country to the south.

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used in the plural form "tamales" when referring to the food item in a general or collective sense.
  • We bought a dozen tamales from the market.

Variants and Related Words

• Tamal: A less common, alternative singular form sometimes used, particularly in certain regional dialects of Spanish.
• Masa: The dough made from corn that is the base ingredient for a tamale.

Synonyms

• (For the food) There is no direct single-word synonym in English. It can be described as a filled corn dough dumpling or steamed corn husk packet.

Related Phrases

• Hot tamale: An informal idiom used to describe someone or something that is exciting, excellent, or attractive. (Note: This is an idiomatic expression and not a type of food).
  • His new sports car is a real hot tamale.

Học thuật

Noun

1. corn and cornmeal dough stuffed with a meat mixture then wrapped in corn husks and steamed
2. a city in northern Ghana

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