cornmeal

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cornmeal

  • /ˈkɔɹnˌmil/ US
  • /ˈkɔːnˌmiːl/ UK

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From corn + meal.

noun cornmeals

  1. countable, uncountable Dried corn (maize) milled (ground) to a meal, especially a coarse one. She made a kind of polenta from cornmeal and chicken broth, with some cheese sprinkled on top.

    Similar: maizemeal

  2. archaic, countable, especially, uncountable, before 18th c. Any cereal grain meal or flour.

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noun dried corn milled to a coarse meal

Españolharina de maíz
中文玉米麵 /玉米面 yùmǐmiàn, 玉米粉 yùmifěn
Portuguêsfubá
Françaisfarine de maïs
DeutschMaisgrieß
Ελληνικάκαλαμποκάλευρο kalampokálevro
Românăfăină de porumb, mălai
Русскийкукуру́зная мука́ kukurúznaja muká
עבריתקמח תירס kemakh tiras

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@misc{cornmeal_2026,
  title = {cornmeal},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cornmeal},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}