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tamis

tamis noun: a culinary strainer, originally made from worsted cloth.

tamis: a culinary strainer, originally made from worsted cloth
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Noun

tamis (countable and uncountable, plural tamises)

  1. A culinary strainer, originally made from worsted cloth.
  2. The cloth itself; a tammy.

Forms of tamis

pluraltamises
alternative formtammie
alternative formtammy

Origin of tamis

Borrowed from French tamis, from Middle French tamis, from Old French tamis, from Medieval Latin tamisium, of unclear origin. Cognate with Old High German zemis (dialectal German Zims), Dutch teems (“sieve”), West Frisian teams, tiems, German Low German Teemse, Teems, Old English temes, Old English temesian (“to sieve; sift”). Doublet of temse.

Questions about tamis

What does tamis mean?
Tamis means a culinary strainer, originally made from worsted cloth.
What part of speech is tamis?
Tamis is a noun.
What is the plural of tamis?
The plural of tamis is tamises.

Words near tamis in the dictionary

  1. Taminick
  2. taminies
  3. tamins
  4. taminy
  5. Tamirisa
  6. tamis
  7. tamise
  8. tamises
  9. Tamisiea
  10. Tamisieas
  11. tamitinol

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