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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Dough made of dried corn that has been soaked in limewater then rinsed and ground, used especially in tortillas and tamales.

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  • noun art A strong form of paper, smooth on one side and lightly textured on the other, used for drawing and painting
  • noun US maize dough made from freshly prepared hominy, used for making tortillas, tamales, etc.

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  • noun an independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[American Spanish, from Spanish, dough, from Old Spanish, from Latin massa, mass, dough; see mass.]

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