posole

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noun (1)

po·​so·​le pō-ˈsō-(ˌ)lā 

variants or pozole

: a thick soup chiefly of Mexico and the U.S. Southwest made with pork, hominy, garlic, and chili

pozole

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noun (2)

po·​zo·​le

variant spelling of posole

: a thick soup chiefly of Mexico and the U.S. Southwest made with pork, hominy, garlic, and chili

posol

3 of 3

noun (3)

po·​sol

pōˈsōl

variants or less commonly posole or pozole

-ō(ˌ)lā

plural -s

1

: a thick chiefly Spanish-American soup made of pork, corn, garlic, and chili

2

: a Spanish-American drink made of cornmeal, water, and sugar

began arriving with food … posole and fruit

—Oliver LaFarge

Examples of posole in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

There are also other Southwestern staples like hominy stew, posole and burros. — Bahar Anooshahr, AZCentral.com, 6 Mar. 2026

Borrowing from its Mexican and Tex-Mex roots in posole, this stew sings with the campfire earthiness of cumin and smoked paprika. — Staff Author, Southern Living, 11 Dec. 2024

Noun

Its origins are uncertain, with one tale suggesting that a cook at Manzanillo’s mercado left a pot of pozole over fire and forgot it. — Food Editor, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2026

Villalobos realized something was wrong when her 31-year-old son, Giovanni Luna Villalobos, didn’t show up to eat pozole corn soup at her birthday party. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 4 June 2026

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Mexican Spanish, from Nahuatl pozolli, from the base of pozōn- boil, be covered with foam

Noun (3)

American Spanish posol, pozol, posole, pozole, from Nahuatl pozolli, literally, foamy, from pozol foam

First Known Use

Noun (1)

1931, in the meaning defined above

Noun (3)

1908, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for posole

• bankroll
• bedroll
• borehole
• cajole
• catchpole
• charcoal
• condole
• control
• dipole
• downhole
• enroll
• extol