cornmeal
Dried corn milled to a meal, especially a coarse oneDried corn (maize) milled (ground) to a meal, especially a coarse one.
» Dredge the fish in cornmeal before frying.
mccarras · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(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.
Maisgrieß
кукуру́зная мука́kukurúznaja muká
кукуру́дзяне бо́рошноkukurúdzjane bórošno
coarsely ground corn
(archaic, countable, especially, uncountable)Any cereal grain meal or flour.
Examples
1 sentencesDredge the fish in cornmeal before frying.
Translations
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Origin
From corn + meal.From corn + meal.
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Forms
plural: cornmealsSynonyms
2 synonyms- coarsely ground corn:Indian meal
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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