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Meaning of pinole | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/piːˈnəʊleɪ/

Definitions

  1. A coarse flour made from ground toasted maize kernels, often mixed with herbs, which may be eaten by itself or incorporated into drinks.
    countable, uncountable
  2. A city in Contra Costa County, California, United States.

Examples

“But all of them also called for obscure ingredients — whole cacao beans and a toasted corn flour called pinole, for example.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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