farina

noun

fa·​ri·​na fə-ˈrē-nə 

1

: a fine meal of vegetable matter (such as cereal grains) used chiefly for puddings or as a breakfast cereal

2

: any of various powdery or mealy substances

Examples of farina in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Additionally, relying primarily on farina or oatmeal for breakfast may not meet all your nutritional needs. — Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 18 May 2026

The children, who included Soleiny Jacobombaire Mucutuy, 9, and Tien Ranoque Mucutuy, 4, survived by eating farina – a coarse cassava flour commonly used by indigenous tribes in the Amazon region, officials said Saturday. — Stefano Pozzebon, CNN, 12 June 2023

Directions Up to 12 hours before serving, put the rice, oats, barley and farina in a 6-to-10-cup rice cooker. — Shreyas Laddha, Hartford Courant, 9 Sep. 2022

Place one rounded teaspoon of the cool farina custard at the center bottom of each pastry sheet. — Hannah Evans, Dallas News, 12 Feb. 2020

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects a potato farina factory. — Jonathan Cheng, WSJ, 14 Dec. 2017

They'd been locked in competition with another hot breakfast cereal—Cream of Wheat, made with farina—since the early 1900s. — Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, 8 Mar. 2017

Word History

Etymology

Latin, meal, flour, from far spelt — more at barley

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for farina

• arena
• athena
• cantina
• carina
• carmina
• catena
• czarina
• domina
• galena
• glossina
• hyena
• kachina

Kids Definition

farina

noun

fa·​ri·​na fə-ˈrē-nə 

: a fine meal made chiefly from cereal grains used especially as a breakfast cereal

Medical Definition

farina

noun

fa·​ri·​na fə-ˈrē-nə 

: a fine meal of vegetable matter (as cereal grains) used chiefly for puddings or as a breakfast cereal