CORNMEAL

Cornmeal

Cornmeal is a meal ground from dried maize . It is a common staple food, and is ground to fine, medium, and coarse consistencies, but not as fine as wheat flour. In the United States, very finely ground cornmeal is also referred to as cornflour. However, the word cornflour denotes cornstarch in the United Kingdom, where cornmeal is known as polenta.

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cornmeal

Noun

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


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