POLENTA


Meaning of POLENTA in English

/ pəˈlentə; NAmE / noun [ U ]

1.

a yellow food made with maize ( corn ) flour, used in Italian cooking

2.

the flour used to make polenta

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WORD ORIGIN

late 16th cent.: Italian , from Latin , pearl barley (a sense of polenta in Old English ).

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