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asham

asham noun: a dessert made from shelled and parched corn pounded into powder.

Noun

asham (uncountable)

  1. (Caribbean, Jamaica) A dessert made from shelled and parched corn pounded into powder.
    • I’m looking at damn coconut drops and feel like asking if they have any dukunnu, asham or jackass corn.2014, Marlon James, A Brief History of Seven Killings, Oneworld Publications (2015), page 682

Questions about asham

What does asham mean?
Asham means a dessert made from shelled and parched corn pounded into powder.
What part of speech is asham?
Asham is a noun.

Words near asham in the dictionary

  1. ash-trays
  2. Ash-vegas
  3. asha
  4. Ashadha
  5. ashake
  6. asham
  7. asham'd
  8. ashame
  9. ashamed
  10. ashamedly
  11. ashamedness

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