- a small shell made of batter, fried usually in atimbale iron.
- a preparation, usually richly sauced, of minced meat, fish, or vegetables served in a timbale or other crust.
- two conjoined Afro-Cuban drums similar to bongos but wider in diameter and played with drumsticks instead of the hands.
- a mixture of meat, fish, etc, in a rich sauce, cooked in a mould lined with potato or pastry
- a plain straight-sided mould in which such a dish is prepared
