polenta

po·len·ta

noun \pō-ˈlen-tə, pə-, -ˌtä\

Definition of POLENTA

: mush made of chestnut meal, cornmeal, semolina, or farina

Origin of POLENTA

Italian, from Latin, crushed and hulled barley; akin to Latin pollen fine flour

First Known Use: 1764

Rhymes with POLENTA

abaca, Abdullah, Adana, agora, ahimsa, aloha, Antalya, assignat, Astana, Aymara, baccarat, baklava, Bogotá, brouhaha, cervelat, coup d'état, Cumaná, Delacroix, entrechat, feria, guarana, haftarah, haniwa, Heredia, inshallah, Kashiwa, koruna, Kostroma, la-di-da, ma-and-pa, Machida, Malinois, Mardi Gras, Masséna, Modena, moussaka, Oshawa, pakeha, panama, Panama, Paraná, parashah, pas de trois, persona, pietà, podesta, polynya, port de bras, reseda, rufiyaa, Shangri-la, tempura, ulema, usquebaugh