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ensaimades

ensaimades is the plural of ensaimada.

Meaning of ensaimada

Noun

ensaimada (countable and uncountable, plural ensaimadas or ensaimades)

  1. A type of pastry originating from Mallorca made from flour, water, sugar, eggs, dough and reduced pork lard named saïm.
    • Hotel food is reasonably good, and rather British, except for breakfasts, when most hotels serve ensaimades, a puff pastry half way between a croissant and a Danish.1984 March 8, Peggy Speirs, “Doing the birdie on a long, long break”, in Evening Post, number 32,833, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 5, column 5
    Synonyms:
    ensaymada

Origin of ensaimades

From Catalan ensaïmades.

Questions about ensaimades

What is ensaimades the plural of?
Ensaimades is the plural of ensaimada.

Words near ensaimades in the dictionary

  1. ensafed
  2. ensafes
  3. ensaffroned
  4. ensaimada
  5. ensaimadas
  6. ensaimades
  7. ensalada
  8. ensalada chilena
  9. ensample
  10. ensampled
  11. ensamples

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