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timbale

Syllabification: (tim·bale)

Pronunciation: /ˈtimbəl, timˈbäl/

Definition of timbale

noun

1a dish of finely minced meat or fish cooked with other ingredients in a pastry shell or in a mold.

2 (timbales) paired cylindrical drums played with sticks in Latin American dance music.

Origin:

French, 'drum' (in sense 1 with reference to the shape of the prepared dish; in sense 2 short for timbales cubains or timbales creoles 'Cuban' or 'creole drums')