"cornmeal" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkɔɹnˌmil/ [General-American], /ˈkɔːnˌmiːl/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-cornmeal.ogg Forms: cornmeals [plural]
Etymology: From corn + meal. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|corn|meal<id:from milling-related origins>}} corn + meal Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} cornmeal (countable and uncountable, plural cornmeals)
  1. Dried corn (maize) milled (ground) to a meal, especially a coarse one. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: maizemeal Translations (dried corn milled to a coarse meal): ᏎᎷ ᎢᏌ (selu isa) (Cherokee), 玉米麵 /玉米面 (yùmǐmiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 玉米粉 (yùmifěn) (Chinese Mandarin), karkea maissijauho (Finnish), farine de maïs [feminine] (French), Maisgrieß [masculine] (German), καλαμποκάλευρο (kalampokálevro) [neuter] (Greek), קמח תירס (kemakh tiras) [masculine] (Hebrew), rolon (Kabuverdianu), fubá [masculine] (Portuguese), кукуру́зная мука́ (kukurúznaja muká) [feminine] (Russian), harina de maíz [feminine] (Spanish), majsmjöl [neuter] (Swedish), кукуру́дзяне бо́рошно (kukurúdzjane bórošno) [neuter] (Ukrainian), פּאַפּשױ מעל (papshoy mel) [feminine] (Yiddish), פּאַפּשוימעל (papshoymel) (Yiddish)
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  2. (archaic, especially before 18th c.) Any cereal grain meal or flour. Tags: archaic, countable, especially, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Maize (food)
    Sense id: en-cornmeal-en-noun-lq-W46N~ Disambiguation of Maize (food): 37 63 Categories (other): English endocentric compounds Disambiguation of English endocentric compounds: 40 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cornmealy

Inflected forms

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