noun
polenta
puh-LEHN-tuh
noun
1
A dish of boiled cornmeal, often served soft like porridge or cooled, sliced, and fried or grilled.
"The restaurant served the stew over a bed of creamy polenta."
How to Use Polenta
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA cornmeal-based dish popular in Italian cooking, served soft or fried.
Word Forms
polentas plural
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Etymology
Borrowed from Italian polenta, from Latin polenta, referring to a coarse grain porridge.