Meanings
comal1
plural comals · plural comales
- A flat, pan-like clay or metal griddle used to cook tortillas or other foods.
A freshly ground masa tortilla, as it cooks on a comal, inflates as the steam inside pushes apart the sides and releases an intoxicating toasted corn aroma.
2023 July 7, Rick A. Martínez, “For the Best Tortillas (and Gorditas and Tetelas), You Need Fresh Masa”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
COMAL2
- computer languagesA programming language influenced by BASIC and Pascal.
Mr. Lindsey's letter in Vol. 5, No. 11 made some misleading claims for COMAL. He stated that COMAL, like BASIC, is free. Well, back in October of 1981, a price of $49.95 for a COMAL starter package was mentioned in Robert Baker's PET-pourri column in Microcomputing.
1983 May 23, Willi Kusche, “COMAL claims are questionable”, in InfoWorld, volume 5, number 21, page 39
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveof certain seeds (such as cotton) having a tuft or tufts of hair
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
comal · noun
- Classical Nahuatlcomālli
- Mexican Spanishcomal
- Englishcomal
From Mexican Spanish comal, from Classical Nahuatl comālli.
More words from Mexican Spanish, Classical Nahuatl
Full word history & related roots →COMAL · proper noun
Acronym of common algorithmic language, inspired by ALGOL (“algorithmic language”).
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
comal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/comal
“comal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/comal. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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