mole
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6.2
- noun
- /moʊl/
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mole
- I love the rich flavor of traditional mole that includes chocolate.
- mole sauce
- mole poblano
- chicken mole
And so that's how Papa's Mole came about.
- And so that's how Papa's Mole came about.
Examples
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Fried clams, chili rellenos, bluefish with slaw, two orders of chicken mole, extra guac.
Fiction book (1992) -
And you make the best mole sauce.
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Is that chicken and mole?
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We need more spice and we need more sweet mole sauce.
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It's a traditional dish from the town of Puebla, which is better known for mole, but which has other great food.
Blog text (14) -
Can you believe it? His aunt was making mole poblano, and the smell of red chile was beginning to fill the house.
Fiction book (1990) -
Mixteco is known to have some of the best moles in the city.
Blog text (31) -
Food offerings might include tamales, mole, hot chocolate, soda pop, or even a bottle of beer.
Blog text (27) -
"I love this mole."
Fiction book (1990) -
OK, so, tonight, we're going to taste test 3 variations of Juan's mole poblano recipe and choose the best one to go to market.
Compounds
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9.9
A small mole from eastern North America with soft fur that lives mostly underground
- South African
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9.9
A small burrowing mammal from western Africa that lives in underground colonies
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7.3
A small almost hairless African animal that lives underground in large groups like ants
- Specialized
A small mole with a long pointed snout that lives underground and eats insects
A small burrowing animal from eastern Asia that looks like a shrew and a mole
- Australian
A small Australian animal that lives underground and carries its babies in a pouch
A small brownish-black animal like a frog that lives underground and comes out to lay eggs
A large insect with strong front legs that digs tunnels in soft soil and eats plant roots
- South African
A small animal from southern Africa that lives underground and has shiny fur
- Specialized
A small animal that lives underground with a short furry tail found in eastern North America
- Specialized
A pregnancy condition where tissue grows into many fluid-filled sacs instead of a baby
- Specialized
A rare growth in the womb during early pregnancy that forms fluid-filled cysts and often causes loss of the baby
- Specialized
A larger female in a colony of naked mole rats who is the only one to have babies
- Australian
A small Australian burrowing animal with a pouch for its young that looks like a mole
A small mole found in eastern North America that lives in water and has many pink tentacles on its nose
A small North American mole that lives in wet ground with a pink nose of many tentacles to find food
Surface Forms
Etymology
Mole (sauce) comes from the Nahuatl word mulli, which means 'sauce' or 'concoction'. So a mole is literally a traditional, often complex sauce from Mexico.