pinole
noun
corn or wheat, dried, ground, and sweetened, usually with the flour of mesquite beans.
pinole
1 American
[pi-noh-lee, pee-naw-le]
/ pɪˈnoʊ li, piˈnɔ lɛ /
noun
Pinole
2
American
[pi-nohl]
/ pɪˈnoʊl /
noun
pinole
British
/ pɪˈnəʊlɪ /
noun
Etymology
Origin of pinole
1835–45, < Mexican Spanish < Nahuatl pinolli flour, something ground
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Zepeda tops it with mamey curd, brown butter almond cake, and a pinole crumble.
From Salon ● May 24, 2025
They sometimes left him tortillas and pinole, a porridge of crushed corn and water.
From New York Times ● May 21, 2012
In an era of energy gels and endurance drinks, he’s consuming mostly mineral water, cacao and a traditional ground maize called pinole.
From Washington Post
After his run that day, he drank pinole in the four-wheel-drive support vehicle.
From Washington Post
Even considering shortcuts, which he, no doubt, knew, it was quite a feat of endurance; for he must have lived, as the Indians always do while travelling, on pinole and water only.
From Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan by Carl Lumholtz
The mayors of Hercules, Richmond, San Pablo, Pinole and El Cerrito signed a letter addressed to Gov. Jerry Brown that says the situation has reached "crisis proportions."
From US News ● May 26, 2016
The mayors of Hercules, Richmond, San Pablo, Pinole and El Cerrito signed a letter addressed to Gov. Jerry Brown that says the situation has reached “crisis proportions.”
From Salon ● May 26, 2016
They live in the Contra Costa County town of Pinole and work in the relatively conservative community of Blackhawk, near Danville, Calif.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2015
He took up football around age 11 and starred at both sports at Pinole Valley High.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 6, 2012
It is probable that the expression "this part of the day's march" refers to the first portion, i.e., from Pinole through Rodeo and Crockett.
From The Aboriginal Population of Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, California by Sherburne Friend Cook
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