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pimentón

/ (ˌpiːmɛnˈtɒn) /

noun

smoked chilli powder

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You may have read the word "simmer" in a recipe or two, but what does it really mean?
To cook in water that begins cold and then reaches a boil.
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Word Origin for pimentón

from Spanish

Words nearby pimentón

pimelic acid, pimelo-, pimelopterygium, pimento, pimento cheese, pimentón, pi meson, pimiento, pimola, pimozide, pimp
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Example sentences from the Web for pimentón

  • Roast mutton to begin, then a dish of chickens stewed with rice, nicely flavoured and coloured with red Spanish pimenton.

    The Purple Land|W. H. Hudson