mole
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- noun
- /moʊl/
- I love the rich flavor of traditional mole that includes chocolate.
- mole sauce
- mole poblano
- chicken mole
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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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A small almost hairless African animal that lives underground in large groups like ants
- South African
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A small burrowing mammal from western Africa that lives in underground colonies
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A small brownish-black animal like a frog that lives underground and comes out to lay eggs
- Australian
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A small Australian animal that lives underground and carries its babies in a pouch
- South African
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A small animal from southern Africa that lives underground and has shiny fur
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A small North American mole that lives in wet ground with a pink nose of many tentacles to find food
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A large insect with strong front legs that digs tunnels in soft soil and eats plant roots
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A small burrowing animal with a long nose and tail that digs with strong front feet
A small mole from eastern North America with soft fur that lives mostly underground
- 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
- 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
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.