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POLENTA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A thick mush made of cornmeal boiled in stock or water
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("polenta" is a kind of...):
cornmeal mush; mush (cornmeal boiled in water)
Meronyms (substance of "polenta"):
cornmeal; Indian meal (coarsely ground corn)
Domain region:
Italia; Italian Republic; Italy (a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD)