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noun(especially in Italian cooking) a thick mush of cornmeal. Origin of polenta1555–65; <Italian <Latin: hulled and crushed grain, especially barley Words nearby polentapolemics, polemist, polemize, polemology, polemoniaceous, polenta, pole piece, pole plate, pole position, poler, poles apart Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for polentaAgainst the creaminess of the polenta it was just soooo good. Two Chickens, an Old Guitar, and a Group of Strangers: A Life-Changing Feast in Brazil|Annabel Langbein|November 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST Heading into the small makeshift kitchen inside his shack he retrieved a large jar of polenta. Two Chickens, an Old Guitar, and a Group of Strangers: A Life-Changing Feast in Brazil|Annabel Langbein|November 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST Jumbo crabmeat and avocado, Colorado rack of lamb with tarragon jus, and Parmesan polenta cake was eaten by candlelight. Ghouls of Wall Street|Tina Brown|April 20, 2010|DAILY BEAST Seitan and Polenta Skillet with Fresh Greens by Nava Atlas: Just the color of this dish makes me happy. Fresh Picks|Alicia Silverstone|October 27, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Add the salt, pepper and polenta and whisk until thick about four minutes. Polenta With Spicy Sausage and Red Pepper Relish|Brian Boitano|August 25, 2009|DAILY BEAST Beneath some of the arches, the sellers of macaroni and polenta establish their stalls, which are by no means inviting. Pictures from Italy|Charles Dickens In Northern Italy this bird is reared in captivity; it feeds on mice, and even eats fruit and polenta. Reptiles and Birds|Louis Figuier Might it not just as well be rice, or polenta, or even beef and bacon? Soliloquies in England|George Santayana The poorer people of Venice have polenta and boiled fish for dinner nearly every day. The Sunbonnet Babies in Italy|Eulalie Osgood Grover The Sakays mix it with water and make a sort of "polenta" cooking it, as usual, in their bamboo saucepans. My Friends the Savages|Giovanni Battista Cerruti
British Dictionary definitions for polenta
nouna thick porridge made in Italy, usually from maize Word Origin for polentaC16: via Italian from Latin: pearl barley, perhaps from Greek palē pollen Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to polentaoatmeal, gruel, mush, grout, frumenty, loblolly, pottage, grits, burgoo, crowdie, samp |