Definitions for pemmican

pemmican pem·mi·can

Spelling: [pem-i-kuh n]
IPA: /ˈpɛm ɪ kən/

Pemmican is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 220 anagrams from letters in pemmican (aceimmnp).

Definitions for pemmican

noun

  1. dried meat pounded into a powder and mixed with hot fat and dried fruits or berries, pressed into a loaf or into small cakes, originally prepared by North American Indians.

Origin of pemmican

1735-45; Cree pimihka·n, derivative of pimihke·w he makes pemmican (mixing together the grease and other ingredients), he makes grease *pemihke·wa, equivalent to *pemy- grease + *-ehke· make

Examples for pemmican

On the pemmican which they made from these buffaloes they depended for their winter's food.

This, with some pemmican and flat cakes, made us a capital dinner.

pemmican was in plenty, and the redmen kept the hunting-grounds in peace.

All the research laboratories of Consolidated pemmican are going night and day.

We will dry, and smoke some of it, or turn it into pemmican.

pemmican was also made by drying the meat and pulverizing it.

Thankful indeed all Consolidated pemmican stores safely loaded.

They picked up all the pemmican and biscuit that was still eatable.

I bent down the tree, and found the large piece of pemmican.

Some remains of food were drawn out, and a case a quarter full of pemmican.

Word Value for pemmican
Scrable

16

Words with friends

21

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