timbale

UK: English: /tæmˈbɑːl/, French: /tɛ̃bal/

US: (tim′bəl; for 1, 2 also Fr. tan bal′; Sp. tēm bä′le for 3)

Inflections of 'timbale' (n): npl: timbales

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

tim•bale  (tim′bəl; for 1, 2 also Fr. tan bal′;
Sp. tēm bä′le for 3), n., pl. -bales 

(-bəlz; Fr. -bal′). 
1. Food Also, tim′bale case′. a small shell made of batter, fried usually in a timbale iron.
2. Food a preparation, usually richly sauced, of minced meat, fish, or vegetables served in a timbale or other crust.

timbales. Also called tim•ba•les cre•o•les  (Sp. tēm bä′les kre ô′les). two conjoined Afro-Cuban drums similar to bongos but wider in diameter and played with drumsticks instead of the hands.

• French: literally, kettledrum. See timbal
• 1815–25

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timbale / tæmˈbɑːl tɛ̃bal/ noun

1. a mixture of meat, fish, etc, in a rich sauce, cooked in a mould lined with potato or pastry
2. a plain straight-sided mould in which such a dish is prepared

Etymology: 19th Century: from French: kettledrum