pinole

¹

[ pi-noh-lee; Spanish pee-naw-le ]

noun

1. corn or wheat, dried, ground, and sweetened, usually with the flour of mesquite beans.

Pinole

²

[ pi-nohl ]

noun

1. a town in W California.

pinole

/ pɪˈnəʊlɪ /

noun

1. (in the southwestern United States) flour made of parched ground corn, mesquite beans, sugar, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of pinole¹

1835–45, Americanism; < Mexican Spanish < Nahuatl pinolli flour, something ground

Word History and Origins

Origin of pinole¹

from American Spanish, from Nahuatl

Example Sentences

In his trip of 1772, between Milpitas and Pinole, Crespi mentions seeing or crossing 31 arroyos, all with running water.

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Their food is amole, bellota and pinole and their chiefs are called Mule and Yuma.

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It will be noticed that Vandaih drinks the pinole, which bewitches him, five times instead of the usual four.

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Sixteen days he must fast, and only after the fourth day is he allowed to drink a little pinole.

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But—I should have to buy my fame at the price of living on tortillas and pinole and beans!

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