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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Dried corn (maize) milled (ground) to a meal, especially a coarse one. countable, uncountable

   "She made a kind of polenta from cornmeal and chicken broth, with some cheese sprinkled on top."

2. 2
   coarsely ground corn wordnet
3. 3
   Any cereal grain meal or flour. archaic, countable, especially, uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms

indian mealmaizemeal

Example

More examples

"Dredge the fish in cornmeal before frying."

Etymology

From corn + meal.

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