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
After his run that day, he drank pinole in the four-wheel-drive support vehicle.
From Washington Post
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
Whenever the Tarahumares make pinole while away from home, they sacrifice the first part to the water-serpents, dropping it with the little stick with which the pinole is stirred.
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 freshman computer science major hails from Pinole and was known for his “love of music, boundless energy and kind smile.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2025
"This is of increasing concern to our elected officials and residents who feel as if our communities are under siege," said the letter signed by the mayors of Pinole, Richmond and Hercules.
From Reuters ● May 27, 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 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
Disappointed and chagrined, Mr. Pinole returned to his home.
From After Long Years and Other Stories by Sophie A. Miller
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