Indian meal

Meanings

nounIndian meal (usually uncountable, plural Indian meals)

uncountableusuallyarchaic outside fossil useCornmeal (made from maize); cornflour (made from maize).

nouncoarsely ground corn

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From Indian + meal. Since the early 17th century. The word Indian here is used in its New World sense. More at Indian corn.

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