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refried beans

refried beans noun: a dry to mushy paste made by boiling, mashing, and then frying particularly pinto or black beans, included in or served as anything from a main dish in Central America to a dip in the Southern US and a side dish in Mexico.

refried beans: a dry to mushy paste made by boiling, mashing, and then frying particularly pinto or black beans,...
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Noun

refried beans pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A dry to mushy paste made by boiling, mashing, and then frying particularly pinto or black beans, included in or served as anything from a main dish in Central America to a dip in the Southern US and a side dish in Mexico.

Forms of refried beans

alternative formrefried bean

Origin of refried beans

Calque of Spanish frijoles refritos (literally “well-fried beans”).

Questions about refried beans

What does refried beans mean?
Refried beans means a dry to mushy paste made by boiling, mashing, and then frying particularly pinto or black beans, included in or served as anything from a main dish in Central America to a dip in the Southern US and a side dish in Mexico.
What part of speech is refried beans?
Refried beans is a noun.

Words near refried beans in the dictionary

  1. refrication
  2. refridgerate
  3. refridgerator
  4. refried
  5. refried bean
  6. refried beans
  7. refrieds
  8. refriend
  9. refriended
  10. refriending
  11. refriends

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