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timpano

timpano noun: a timbale (food). Also the singular of timpani.

Noun

timpano (plural timpanos)

  1. (uncommon) A timbale (food).
    • One can see why Secundo protests making the timpano. The dish is time consuming and demands an involved preparation. It is reserved for special occasions, for it serves anywhere from ten to sixteen people. […] The food stylist for the film, Deborah Disabatino, said she felt like an architect when...2012 August 6, Anne L. Bower, Reel Food: Essays on Food and Film, Routledge, →ISBN, page 47
    • Later in the book, we'll dig deeper into the world of baked pastas like elegant lasagna timpanos and new interpretations like crunchy life-changing deep-fried bricks of lasagna[…]2019 September 10, Anna Hezel, The Editors Of Taste, Lasagna: A Baked Pasta Cookbook, Clarkson Potter, →ISBN, page 26

Also used as

timpano is also the singular of timpani.

Forms of timpano

pluraltimpanos
pluraltimpani

Origin of timpano

Borrowed from Italian timpano.

Questions about timpano

What does timpano mean?
Timpano means a timbale (food).
What part of speech is timpano?
Timpano is a noun.
What is the plural of timpano?
The plural of timpano is timpanos.

Words near timpano in the dictionary

  1. timpana
  2. timpani
  3. timpanis
  4. timpanist
  5. timpanists
  6. timpano
  7. Timpanogos
  8. timpanos
  9. timpans
  10. timpanum
  11. timpanums

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