POLENTA

polenta

(noun) a thick mush made of cornmeal boiled in stock or water

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

polenta (countable and uncountable, plural polentas)

Any of various types and consistencies of a starchy accompaniment to a meal made from coarse maize-meal porridge, sometimes fried or grilled.

Anagrams

• Lepanto, nepotal, tolpane

Source: Wiktionary


Po*len"ta, n. Etym: [It., fr. L. polenta peeled barley.]

Definition: Pudding made of Indian meal; also, porridge made of chestnut meal. [Italy]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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