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corn meal

British  

noun

  1. Also called: Indian meal.  meal made from maize

"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

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The latter has been easier to find in grocery stores these days, but if you can’t find corn flour, you can just substitute for more corn meal.

From Seattle Times Nov. 14, 2023

The box includes a pound of beautiful blue corn meal from Ancestral Foods, a Native-owned company based in Albuquerque.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 1, 2023

And during the 20th century, pellagra was widespread in the South where low-wage Black laborers like Flemmie’s sister Mabel lived off of salt pork, corn meal, and molasses.

From Scientific American Oct. 26, 2023

When we get to the “2% or less” portion of the label, we find wheat gluten, corn meal, pearled barley, rye, triticale and malted barley flour.

From Washington Post Feb. 24, 2022

I measured out one day’s worth of corn meal every morning and gave it to the chef of the day.

From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau

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