cornmeal

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US/ˈkɔɹnˌmil/UK/ˈkɔːnˌmiːl/

noun

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.”

Similar
maizemealIndian meal
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Meanings

nouncornmeal (countable and uncountable, plural cornmeals)

plural cornmeals

  1. countableuncountableDried 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.

    Synonyms: maizemeal

  2. archaiccountableespeciallyuncountableAny cereal grain meal or flour.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounDried corn (maize) milled (ground) to a meal, especially a coarse one.

Similar
maizemeal

More synonyms by meaning

nouncoarsely ground corn

Similar
Indian meal
Broader
meal
Also see
indian mealmaizemeal

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From corn + meal.

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Translations

Catalan farina de blat de moro
  • farina de blat de morodried corn milled to a coarse meal
Chinese Mandarin 玉米麵 /玉米面, 玉米粉
  • 玉米麵 /玉米面 (yùmǐmiàn)dried corn milled to a coarse meal
  • 玉米粉 (yùmifěn)dried corn milled to a coarse meal
Finnish karkea maissijauho
  • karkea maissijauhodried corn milled to a coarse meal
French farine de maïs
  • farine de maïsdried corn milled to a coarse meal
German Maisgrieß
  • Maisgrießdried corn milled to a coarse meal
Greek καλαμποκάλευρο
  • καλαμποκάλευρο (kalampokálevro)dried corn milled to a coarse meal
Hebrew קמח תירס
  • קמח תירס (kemakh tiras)dried corn milled to a coarse meal
Polish kasza kukurydziana
  • kasza kukurydzianadried corn milled to a coarse meal
Portuguese fubá
  • fubádried corn milled to a coarse meal
Romanian făină de porumb, mălai
  • făină de porumbdried corn milled to a coarse meal
  • mălaidried corn milled to a coarse meal
Russian кукуру́зная мука́
  • кукуру́зная мука́ (kukurúznaja muká)dried corn milled to a coarse meal
Scottish Gaelic min-bhuidhe
  • min-bhuidhedried corn milled to a coarse meal
Spanish harina de maíz
  • harina de maízdried corn milled to a coarse meal
Swedish majsmjöl
  • majsmjöldried corn milled to a coarse meal
Ukrainian кукуру́дзяне бо́рошно
  • кукуру́дзяне бо́рошно (kukurúdzjane bórošno)dried corn milled to a coarse meal
Yiddish פּאַפּשױ מעל, פּאַפּשוימעל
  • פּאַפּשױ מעל (papshoy mel)dried corn milled to a coarse meal
  • פּאַפּשוימעל (papshoymel)dried corn milled to a coarse meal

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

amelcorn
Cite this entry
APA

cornmeal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cornmeal

MLA

“cornmeal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cornmeal. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cornmeal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cornmeal.

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