"nixtamalize" meaning in English

See nixtamalize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: nixtamalizes [present, singular, third-person], nixtamalizing [participle, present], nixtamalized [participle, past], nixtamalized [past]
Etymology: From nixtamal + -ize. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|nixtamal|ize}} nixtamal + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} nixtamalize (third-person singular simple present nixtamalizes, present participle nixtamalizing, simple past and past participle nixtamalized)
  1. (transitive) To prepare (maize) by nixtamalization. Tags: transitive Translations (prepare maize by nixtamalization): 鹼法烹製 /碱法烹制 (jiǎnfǎ pēngzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), nixtamaliseren (Dutch), nixtamalisoida (Finnish)

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "prepare maize by nixtamalization",
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