TIMBALE


Meaning of TIMBALE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈtim-bəl; tim-ˈbäl, tam- ]

noun

Etymology: French, literally, kettledrum

Date: 1824

1.

a. : a creamy mixture (as of meat or vegetables) baked in a mold ; also : the mold in which it is baked

b. : a small pastry shell filled with a cooked timbale mixture

2. also tim·bal ˈtim-bəl : one of a set of single-headed cylindrical drums played with sticks — usually used in plural

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