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yamless

yamless adjective: without a yam or yams.

Adjective

yamless (not comparable)

  1. Without a yam or yams.
    • Advice, merely. Beer is brewed from grain (cereal), malt, hops, yeast and water. It is full of starch and carbohydrates. Those who quaff more than a couple a week would find it wise (if their waistlines want worrying) to eliminate certain other sources of these elements from their diets: no morning...1974 November 25, Frederick Goodridge, “Of fermented malt and grain beverages”, in The Heights, volume LV, number 13, Boston College, page 11
    • If you don't feel like cooking this Thanksgiving, that's no reason to go hamless, yamless and - heaven forbid - Spamless.2000 November 22, Cathy Gant Hill, “Let Others Cook On Turkey Day”, in News & Record

Origin of yamless

From yam + -less.

Questions about yamless

What does yamless mean?
Yamless means without a yam or yams.
What part of speech is yamless?
Yamless is an adjective.

Words near yamless in the dictionary

  1. Yaminahua
  2. Yamini
  3. Yaminjeongeum
  4. Yamins
  5. YAML
  6. yamless
  7. yamlike
  8. yamma
  9. yammas
  10. yammed
  11. yammer

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