pinole

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

/ pɪˈnoʊ li; Spanish piˈnɔ lɛ /

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noun

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

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Origin of pinole

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

Words nearby pinole

Pinochet, Pinochet Ugarte, pinochle, pinocytose, pinocytosis, pinole, piñon, pin one's heart on, pin one's hopes on, piñon jay, Pinot

Other definitions for pinole (2 of 2)

Pinole

[ pi-nohl ]

/ pɪˈnoʊl /

noun

a town in W California.

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How to use pinole in a sentence

In his trip of 1772, between Milpitas and Pinole, Crespi mentions seeing or crossing 31 arroyos, all with running water.
The Aboriginal Population of Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, California|S. F. Cook
Their food is amole, bellota and pinole and their chiefs are called Mule and Yuma.
The Aboriginal Population of Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, California|S. F. Cook
It will be noticed that Vandaih drinks the pinole, which bewitches him, five times instead of the usual four.
Aw-Aw-Tam Indian Nights|J. William Lloyd
Sixteen days he must fast, and only after the fourth day is he allowed to drink a little pinole.
The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 1|Hubert Howe Bancroft

But—I should have to buy my fame at the price of living on tortillas and pinole and beans!
Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2)|Carl Lumholtz

British Dictionary definitions for pinole

pinole

/ (pɪˈnəʊlɪ) /

noun

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

Word Origin for pinole

from American Spanish, from Nahuatl

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